hair grass, herb 5 realizations Multi-area
NEW Realization 1 (ID: 51024)
type Polysemy
language Ifugaw
lexeme tūbu
meaning 1 hair
direction
meaning 2 grass, herb
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 2 (ID: 51009)
type Polysemy
language Susu
lexeme sɛ́xɛ́
meaning 1 hair
direction
meaning 2 grass, herb
reference Vydrin Comparative Mande
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 8870)
type Polysemy
language Tigre
lexeme šabib
meaning 1 hair (of the head of men)
direction
meaning 2 grass
reference : 217
comment
NEW Realization 4 (ID: 51033)
type Polysemy
language Tok Pisin
lexeme gras
meaning 1 hair, fur
direction
meaning 2 grass, vegetation
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008), Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, page 21

ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 8484)
type Derivation
language Welsh
lexeme 1 gwellt
lexeme 2 gwallt
meaning 1 grass
direction
meaning 2 hair
reference
comment

Buck 520. Also the Breton guelt (geot) 'grass', Old Irish folt 'hair', Cornish gwels 'grass', Cornish gols 'hair', Scottish Gaelic falt 'hair', Manx folt 'hair'.

Proto-Celtic *woltos 'hair (of a head)' Matasović 2009 427=428