belly
↔
womb, uterus
11 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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). | |
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hindi | |
| lexeme | peṭ (पेट) | |
| meaning 1 | belly | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | womb | |
| reference | Bahri 1989 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Rotuman | |
| lexeme | ʔefe | |
| meaning 1 | belly | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | womb, uterus | |
| reference | Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 185 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sanskrit | |
| lexeme | jaṭhára (जठर) | |
| meaning 1 | belly | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | womb | |
| reference | MW | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tongan | |
| lexeme | manava | |
| meaning 1 | belly | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | womb, uterus | |
| reference | Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 186 | |
| comment | ||