ear, spike (of a grain plant)
→
<weapon>
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Internal cognates | |
| language | Albanian | |
| lexeme 1 | usht | |
| lexeme 2 | ushtë | |
| meaning 1 | ear (of grain) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | spear | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 490 |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | màisùi (麦穗) | |
| lexeme 2 | màisùi (麦穗) | |
| meaning 1 | ear of wheat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ball-and-chain flail | |
| reference | BKRS: 10759 (V. 3, p. 8) | |
| comment | 'wheat; barley; oats' + 'ear of grain' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | başak | |
| meaning 1 | ear, spike (of a grain plant) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | arrowhead | |
| reference | Sesli Sözlük | |
| comment | ||
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His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears,
That no one should him wrong. (Robert Burns, John Barleycorn. 1782)