beak → face 3 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 7499)
type Polysemy
language Erzya
lexeme нерь
meaning 1 beak
direction →
meaning 2 face кенерепакаресь маласо, но нереть эйзэнзэ а саты
The elbow is near but you cannot touch it with your face (proverb)
reference
comment The meaning of 'face' has been marked as figurative
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 1602)
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Spanish
lexeme 1 rostrum
lexeme 2 rostro
meaning 1 beak
direction →
meaning 2 face
reference
comment Бурсье 177
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 26296)
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Galician
lexeme 1 rostrum
lexeme 2 rostro
meaning 1 beak
direction →
meaning 2 face
reference DDDDLG
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