fire
→
electricity
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Burmese | |
| lexeme | мѝ | |
| meaning 1 | fire, flame | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | light, electricity | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Novikov et al. 1976, 406 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Khmer | |
| lexeme 1 | akkiˀ | |
| lexeme 2 | akkiˀ-sani: | |
| meaning 1 | fire | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | electricity | |
| reference | ||
| comment | The first meaning is the borrowings from Pali | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Lao | |
| lexeme 1 | fay2 | |
| lexeme 2 | fay2-fā3 | |
| meaning 1 | fire | daŋ2 fay2 to make fire, to fire a furnace |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | electricity | |
| reference | ||
| comment | tay3 fay2 'to switch on light' | |
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Otomi | |
| lexeme | tsibi | |
| meaning 1 | fire | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | electricity | |
| reference | World Loanword Database | |
| comment | Also 'light (n.)' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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)