penis
—
vagina
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Bokar | |
| Language 2 | Mikir | |
| Lexeme 1 | mok | |
| Lexeme 2 | mák | |
| Meaning 1 | penis | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vulva, labia, vagina | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Matisoff 2008: 196 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Soqotri | |
| Lexeme | ḥaym | |
| Meaning 1 | penis | gédaḥ ʕag wa-ḥton ʕouyɛ́ghɛn wa-zéʕe mey mən ḥaym enṭ (Naumkin et al. 2013:75) A man came and circumcised a boy: he took out a bit of skin from his penis. |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | iẓ̂óḥo ʕáže ḳáreb be-dɛ́fe di-ḥaym (Naumkin et al. 2013:75) The woman suffered from an ulcer on the side of her vulva. |
| Reference | CSOL I: 569 | |
| Comment | Syncretism of word stems | |