heart ↔ bowels, intestine 6 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme libbu
meaning 1 heart ilput libbašu-ma ul inakku[d]
he touched his heart but it was not beating
direction →
meaning 2 entrails innesil libbaša-ma pāša ušpalki
her insides were blown up (by the winds), her mouth was agape
reference CAD
comment CAD l 164-166
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Borrowing
language 1 Breton
language 2 Old French
lexeme 1 kalon
lexeme 2 cauldun
meaning 1 heart
direction ←
meaning 2 intestine
reference
comment Buck 251
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Evenki
lexeme эмугде
meaning 1 heart
direction ←
meaning 2 guts
reference
comment The second meaning is present in the Nep dialect
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Farsi
lexeme دل del
meaning 1 heart دلم درد میکنه del-am dard mikoneh ‘у меня болит del’, (о желудочной и о почечной боли).
direction →
meaning 2 belly, guts Del az zoghe tapesh del bood likan / Cho yekdam az tapesh of taad gel shod.
reference
comment It often denotes the seat of emotion as well: Rezaa pesaram azize delame ‘Reza is my beloved son’; az del biroon raftan ‘to fall out of favour’, lit.‘to leave del’; Az del beravad har aankeh az dideh beraft ‘out of sight - out of mind’, lit. ‘del leaves everything that goes out of sight’[Sharifian 2008,249].
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Romani
lexeme jilo
meaning 1 heart
direction →
meaning 2 stomach
reference
comment Sepečides Romani
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme inimă
meaning 1 heart (anat.), heart as the seat of emotion
direction →
meaning 2 stomach
reference
comment The second meaning is present in dialects

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