cloud sky 81 realizations
NEW Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Adang
Lexeme laːb
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference LexiRumah 3.0.0 Robinson, Holton 2012
Comment

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NEW Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Alorese
Lexeme kɔfa
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference LexiRumah 3.0.0
Comment

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NEW Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Amako (Korak)
Lexeme taita
Meaning 1 sky
Direction
Meaning 2 cloud
Reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
Comment

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NEW Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Amele
Lexeme sa:w
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
Comment
NEW Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Amundava (Amondava)
Lexeme ywaka
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Carling (ed.) 2017
Comment

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NEW Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Baimak
Lexeme ʌ:b
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
Comment

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NEW Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Bezhta
Lexeme гьас
Meaning 1 sky
Direction
Meaning 2 cloud
Reference World Loanword Database IDS
Comment

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NEW Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Binandere
Lexeme utu
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org
Comment

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NEW Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Biritai
Lexeme ai^
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org
Comment

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NEW Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Birrpayi
Lexeme bourra
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Bowern, Atkinson 2012
Comment

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ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Chuvash
Lexeme пӗлӗт
Meaning 1 cloud

хĕвел пĕлĕт хыçне пулчĕ


The sun hid behind a cloud

Direction
Meaning 2 sky

пĕлĕтре планер ярăнса пырать


A glider flies in the sky

Reference Электронлă сăмахсар
Comment

from Proto-Turkic *bulït 'cloud' ESTJa 2, 262-264

NEW Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Dedua
Lexeme kurumeŋ
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org
Comment

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NEW Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Eastern Wichí
Lexeme pe'leʔ
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference IDS
Comment

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NEW Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Embu (Kîembu)
Lexeme Itu
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
Comment

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ACCEPTED Realization 15
Type Cognates
Language 1 English
Language 2 Swedish
Lexeme sky
Meaning 1 sky
Direction
Meaning 2 cloud
Reference Sakhno 2009: 177
Comment
NEW Realization 16
Type Polysemy
Language Garus (Ate)
Lexeme sep
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
Comment

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NEW Realization 17
Type Polysemy
Language Gela (Nggela)
Lexeme parakɔ
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Tryon, Hackman 1983
Comment

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NEW Realization 18
Type Polysemy
Language Gela (Nggela)
Lexeme parakɔ
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Tryon, Hackman 1983
Comment

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NEW Realization 19
Type Polysemy
Language Ginukh
Lexeme ас
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference IDS
Comment

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NEW Realization 20
Type Polysemy
Language Hunzib
Lexeme гьас
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference IDS
Comment

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NEW Realization 21
Type Polysemy
Language Ikizu
Lexeme risaro
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
Comment

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NEW Realization 22
Type Polysemy
Language Inanwatan (Suabo)
Lexeme saˈrido
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference LexiRumah 3.0.0
Comment

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NEW Realization 23
Type Polysemy
Language Inkhokvari
Lexeme ас
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference IDS
Comment

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NEW Realization 24
Type Polysemy
Language Isebe
Lexeme hʌb
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
Comment

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NEW Realization 25
Type Polysemy
Language Kamba (Bantu language)
Lexeme Itu
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
Comment

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NEW Realization 26
Type Polysemy
Language Kasharari (Kaxararí)
Lexeme neitxi
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Carling (ed.) 2017
Comment

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NEW Realization 27
Type Polysemy
Language Kemak (Ema)
Lexeme taho
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference LexiRumah 3.0.0
Comment

Kailaku and Saneri varieties

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NEW Realization 28
Type Polysemy
Language Kemak (Ema)
Lexeme lohaŋ
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference LexiRumah 3.0.0
Comment

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ACCEPTED Realization 29
Type Polysemy
Language Khmer
Lexeme sothẹə-senthuʔ
Meaning 1 sky
Direction
Meaning 2 clouds
Reference
Comment Gorgoniev 1984, 716
ACCEPTED Realization 30
Type Polysemy
Language Khmer
Lexeme sya:m
Meaning 1 sky
Direction
Meaning 2 cloud
Reference
Comment Gorgoniev 1984, 762
ACCEPTED Realization 31
Type Polysemy
Language Khmer
Lexeme meik, meikʰeaʔ- (មេឃ)
Meaning 1 sky
Direction
Meaning 2 cloud
Reference SEAlang Khmer
Comment
NEW Realization 32
Type Polysemy
Language Khwarshi
Lexeme ас
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference IDS
Comment

Kwantlada dialect

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NEW Realization 33
Type Polysemy
Language Kokoda
Lexeme amanaia
Meaning 1 sky
Direction
Meaning 2 cloud
Reference LexiRumah 3.0.0
Comment

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NEW Realization 34
Type Polysemy
Language Kowaki
Lexeme haura
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
Comment

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NEW Realization 35
Type Polysemy
Language Kutu
Lexeme ulanga
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
Comment

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NEW Realization 36
Type Polysemy
Language Kwaio
Lexeme lalo
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Tryon, Hackman 1983
Comment

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ACCEPTED Realization 37
Type Semantic evolution
Language Latvian
Lexeme debess
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 (archaic) sky
Reference English Wiktionary Derksen 2008: 347-348
Comment

Although the singular forms still exist, the plural forms (Nom. Pl. debesis, etc.) are much more frequently used in all senses.

Cognates include Lithuanian debesis 'sky', Latgalian debess 'sky', Proto-Slavic *nebò 'sky, heaven' and Ancient Greek νέφος 'cloud'.

NEW Realization 38
Type Polysemy
Language Lavukaleve
Lexeme totoās
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org Tryon, Hackman 1983
Comment

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NEW Realization 39
Type Polysemy
Language Mailu
Lexeme nogara
Meaning 1 sky
Direction
Meaning 2 cloud
Reference TransNewGuinea.org
Comment

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NEW Realization 40
Type Polysemy
Language Male (Papuan)
Lexeme laŋ
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
Comment

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NEW Realization 41
Type Polysemy
Language Mambae (Mambai)
Lexeme lɛol_lau
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference LexiRumah 3.0.0
Comment

Central Mambae, Aileu Vila

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NEW Realization 42
Type Polysemy
Language Manep (Malas, Simbukanam)
Lexeme geit
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
Comment

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NEW Realization 43
Type Polysemy
Language Matumbi (Kimatumbi)
Lexeme lyunde
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
Comment

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NEW Realization 44
Type Polysemy
Language Mauwake (Ulingan)
Lexeme aperka
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
Comment

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NEW Realization 45
Type Polysemy
Language Mawan
Lexeme rom
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
Comment

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ACCEPTED Realization 46
Type Polysemy
Language Middle English
Lexeme ski, skie, sky
Meaning 1 cloud


Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference DDO OED
Comment

Viddle English 'firmament, heavens, sky; cloud; cloud of mist or vapour; fog, mist; (astrology) certain configuration of the heavens; (astronomy) sphere of the celestial realm; (physiology) cloudiness, smoky residue (for example, in urine)' from Old Norse ský 'cloud', from Proto-Germanic *skiwją 'cloud; sky', from *skiwô 'cloud; cloud cover, haze; sky' (whence Old English sċēo 'cloud' and Middle English skew 'air; sky; (rare) cloud'), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- 'to cover; to conceal, hide'. Compare Danish sky 'cloud' (grå skyer 'grey clouds')

NEW Realization 47
Type Polysemy
Language Ngoni
Lexeme lihundi
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
Comment

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NEW Realization 48
Type Polysemy
Language Ngoreme (Ngurimi)
Lexeme risaro
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
Comment

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NEW Realization 49
Type Polysemy
Language Nyamwezi
Lexeme lùùndɛ̀
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Greenhill, Gray 2015
Comment

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NEW Realization 50
Type Polysemy
Language Nyaturu (Nyaturucha)
Lexeme irunde
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
Comment

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ACCEPTED Realization 51
Type Polysemy
Language Old English
Lexeme wolcn
Meaning 1 cloud

Næs þā nān wolcn on þǣre lyfte.


There wasn't a cloud in the sky.

Direction
Meaning 2 (in the plural) the sky, the heavens

Þā wolcnu sweartodon.


The skies darkened.

Reference OED MED
Comment

Modern English welkin 'sky',  Middle English welken, welkne, wolkne 'cloud; sky; heavens; (astronomy) cosmic elementary, planetary, or celestial sphere; all the spheres beyond the elementary region, including the primum mobile', from Proto-West Germanic *wolkn 'cloud' (Anglo-Frisian Germanic), from Proto-Germanic *wulkaną 'cloud' [and other forms], from Proto-Indo-European *welg- 'damp; wet'.

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 127

NEW Realization 52
Type Polysemy
Language Panim
Lexeme hau
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org
Comment

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NEW Realization 53
Type Polysemy
Language Puragi (Iwaro)
Lexeme maˈninɔ
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference LexiRumah 3.0.0
Comment

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NEW Realization 54
Type Polysemy
Language Rapanui
Lexeme raŋi
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference IDS
Comment

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NEW Realization 55
Type Polysemy
Language Rempi
Lexeme sap
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
Comment

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NEW Realization 56
Type Polysemy
Language Samosa
Lexeme tʌːgu
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
Comment

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NEW Realization 57
Type Polysemy
Language Siraya
Lexeme vullum
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Carling (ed.) 2017
Comment

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NEW Realization 58
Type Polysemy
Language Siraya
Lexeme vullum
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Carling (ed.) 2017
Comment

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NEW Realization 59
Type Polysemy
Language Sizaki (Shashi)
Lexeme erisaru
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
Comment

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NEW Realization 60
Type Polysemy
Language Sizaki (Shashi)
Lexeme erisaru
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
Comment

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NEW Realization 61
Type Polysemy
Language Suena
Lexeme utu
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org
Comment

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NEW Realization 62
Type Polysemy
Language Suena
Lexeme utu
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org
Comment

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NEW Realization 63
Type Polysemy
Language Sumbwa
Lexeme ilunde
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
Comment

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NEW Realization 64
Type Polysemy
Language Tangsa
Lexeme rong
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Marrison 1967
Comment

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NEW Realization 65
Type Polysemy
Language Tlingit
Lexeme góosˀ
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference IDS
Comment

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NEW Realization 66
Type Polysemy
Language Tsez
Lexeme ас
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference IDS
Comment

Mokok dialect

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NEW Realization 67
Type Polysemy
Language Tugun
Lexeme natas
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference LexiRumah 3.0.0
Comment

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NEW Realization 68
Type Polysemy
Language Upper Chehalis
Lexeme ɬt-
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference IDS
Comment

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NEW Realization 69
Type Polysemy
Language Uya (Usu)
Lexeme hʌb
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
Comment

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NEW Realization 70
Type Polysemy
Language Wagi
Lexeme sʌᵬ
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
Comment
NEW Realization 71
Type Polysemy
Language Wanambre (Mokati)
Lexeme kaura
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
Comment
NEW Realization 72
Type Polysemy
Language Warrgamay
Lexeme dyura
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Bowern, Atkinson 2012
Comment

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NEW Realization 73
Type Polysemy
Language Waskia
Lexeme taiti
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
Comment

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NEW Realization 74
Type Polysemy
Language Wathawurrung
Lexeme wurr-wurr
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Bowern, Atkinson 2012
Comment

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NEW Realization 75
Type Polysemy
Language Wayuu (Guajiro)
Lexeme sirúma
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Huber, Reed 1992
Comment

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NEW Realization 76
Type Polysemy
Language Wersing (Kolana)
Lexeme ajaˈkɛŋ
Meaning 1 sky
Direction
Meaning 2 cloud
Reference LexiRumah 3.0.0
Comment

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NEW Realization 77
Type Polysemy
Language Wetarese (Ili'uun)
Lexeme nata
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference LexiRumah 3.0.0
Comment

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NEW Realization 78
Type Polysemy
Language Wik-Mungkan
Lexeme yuw
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Bowern, Atkinson 2012
Comment

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NEW Realization 79
Type Polysemy
Language Yaqay
Lexeme teˈmɛʔ
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org
Comment

Wairu dialect

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NEW Realization 80
Type Polysemy
Language Yoidik
Lexeme sap
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
Comment

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NEW Realization 81
Type Polysemy
Language Yorta Yorta
Lexeme yurratha
Meaning 1 cloud
Direction
Meaning 2 sky
Reference Bowern, Atkinson 2012
Comment

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