fire
→
electricity
11 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ceq Wong (Cheq Wong) | |
| lexeme | ʔɔs | |
| meaning 1 | fire | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | electricity | |
| reference | CLICS-3 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hausa | |
| lexeme | wutā | |
| meaning 1 | fire | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | electricity | |
| reference | Awde 1996 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ket | |
| lexeme | boˀk | |
| meaning 1 | fire | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | electricity | |
| reference | CLICS-3 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ndyuka (Aukan, Eastern Maroon Creole) | |
| lexeme | faya | |
| meaning 1 | fire | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | electricity | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Aukan-English Dictionary (SIL) https://www-01.sil.org/americas/suriname/Aukan/English/AukanEngDictIndex.html |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Otomi | |
| lexeme | tsibi | |
| meaning 1 | fire | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | electricity | |
| reference | World Loanword Database | |
| comment | Also 'light (n.)' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Saramaccan | |
| lexeme | fája | |
| meaning 1 | fire | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | electricity | |
| reference | World Loanword Database | |
| comment | Also 'light (n.)', 'lamp'. From English fire | |
| NEW Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | fai (ไฟ) | |
| meaning 1 | fire | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | electricity | |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Yaqui (Hiaki) | |
| lexeme | tahi | |
| meaning 1 | fire, flame | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | electricity | |
| reference | Dictionary Yaqui: 153 | |
| comment | ||
Предполагаемое развитие значения 'огонь, пламя' > 'освещение' > 'электрическое освещение' > 'электричество' (см. комментарий к лаосскому примеру)