neck / throat → strait 3 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme angät
meaning 1 neck yämotä ləǧ angätu räǧǧəm näw ‘the dead child’s neck is long’ (saying exemplifying the tendency to magnify a dead person’s good points - a long neck is a sign of beauty)
direction →
meaning 2 narrow pass between two mountains
reference
comment (K 1247)
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme αὐχήν
meaning 1 neck
direction —
meaning 2 strait
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Gagauz
lexeme buaz
meaning 1 throat
meaning 2 strait, channel
reference
comment ГРМС 93.

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