shadow theatre
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cinema
4 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Malay | |
| lexeme | wayang | |
| meaning 1 | shadow play traditional among the Javanese and Kelantanese | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (informal) motion picture; movie | |
| reference | SEALang Malay | |
| comment | second is an ellipsis of wayang gambar 'motion picture; movie' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | nǎng (หนัง) | |
| meaning 1 | shadow show | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | movie | náng phūt sound film |
| reference | Morev 1964: 804 SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | The older meaning is that of "skin" | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Vietnamese | |
| lexeme 1 | bóng | |
| lexeme 2 | hát bóng | |
| meaning 1 | shadow, shade | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cinema, movies, moving pictures | |
| reference | SEAlang Vietnamese | |
| comment | hát 'to sing, give a theatrical performance' |
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Javanese white kelir 'screen used for shadow-play'