belly womb, uterus 11 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 8323)
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme karšu, karašu
meaning 1 stomach, belly [in]a karšīšina limēṣu šammū
let there be too little food (lit. grass) in their (f) stomacks
direction
meaning 2 womb DN īzib riḫīssu ik-ka-ar-ši
Enlil left his seed in the womb
reference CAD: k 223
comment The same polysemy in various Semitic languages (Judaic Aramaic, Syriac, Mandaic, Classical Arabic; cf. SED I No. 151, pp. 136-137); also in Geez (CDG 294).
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 7856)
type Cognates
language 1 Cebuano
language 2 Palauan
lexeme 1 tiyan
lexeme 2 diil
meaning 1 stomach
direction
meaning 2 womb
reference
comment The meaning of 'belly' is widely present in the Austronesian languages. Сирк 2008, 143-144
NEW Realization 3 (ID: 29792)
type Polysemy
language Hindi
lexeme peṭ (पेट)
meaning 1 belly
direction
meaning 2 womb
reference Bahri 1989
comment
NEW Realization 4 (ID: 44489)
type Polysemy
language Rotuman
lexeme ʔefe
meaning 1 belly
direction
meaning 2 womb, uterus
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 185
comment
NEW Realization 5 (ID: 44357)
type Polysemy
language Sa'a (South Malaita, Apae'aa
lexeme ie-
meaning 1 belly
direction
meaning 2 womb, uterus
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 150
comment
NEW Realization 6 (ID: 29782)
type Polysemy
language Sanskrit
lexeme jaṭhára (जठर)
meaning 1 belly
direction
meaning 2 womb
reference MW
comment
NEW Realization 7 (ID: 29818)
type Polysemy
language Sranan Tongo
lexeme bere
meaning 1 belly
direction
meaning 2 womb
reference <personally collected data>
comment

from English belly

NEW Realization 8 (ID: 29816)
type Polysemy
language Telugu
lexeme garbhamu (గర్భము)
meaning 1 belly
direction
meaning 2 womb
reference <personally collected data>
comment

from Sanskrit garbha 'womb'

ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 9309)
type Cognates
language 1 Tigrinya
language 2 Classical Arabic
lexeme 1 rəḥəm
lexeme 2 raḥm-
meaning 1 belly rəḥmu

prone, face down

direction
meaning 2 womb

ˁunqu raḥm-in


uterine neck

reference Lane: 1056 TED: 540
comment

From Proto-Semitic *raḥ(i)m-, *riḥm- 'womb' (SED I No. 231).

NEW Realization 10 (ID: 44533)
type Polysemy
language Tikopia
lexeme aro, aro-aro
meaning 1 belly
direction
meaning 2 womb, uterus
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 187
comment
NEW Realization 11 (ID: 44499)
type Polysemy
language Tongan
lexeme manava
meaning 1 belly
direction
meaning 2 womb, uterus
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 186
comment