neck ↔ throat 26 realizations Multi-area
NEW Realization 1 (ID: 52791)
type Syncretism
language Bulgarian
lexeme гуша
meaning 1 neck
direction —
meaning 2 throat
reference Bernštejn 1966: 102
comment
NEW Realization 2 (ID: 48755)
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme grlo
meaning 1 (colloquial) front of the neck
direction ←
meaning 2 throat
reference HJP
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 11464)
type Polysemy
language Danish
lexeme hals
meaning 1 neck knække halsen
to break one’s neck
direction —
meaning 2 throat ondt i halsen
soar throat
reference DDO
comment
NEW Realization 4 (ID: 41855)
type Polysemy
language Gamilaraay
lexeme wuru
meaning 1 neck
direction —
meaning 2 throat
reference Ash et al. 2003: 146
comment
NEW Realization 5 (ID: 45920)
type Polysemy
language Georgian
lexeme ḳiseri (კისერი)
meaning 1 neck
direction →
meaning 2 (dialect) throat
reference English Wiktionary
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 10173)
type Polysemy
language German
lexeme Hals
meaning 1 neck

Halstuch


neckerchief

direction →
meaning 2 throat

Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Arzt


otolaryngologist

reference ABBYY LINGUO
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 11466)
type Polysemy
language Icelandic
lexeme háls
meaning 1 neck
direction —
meaning 2 throat
reference ISLEX
comment
NEW Realization 8 (ID: 34833)
type Polysemy
language Komi
lexeme голя
meaning 1 neck
direction —
meaning 2 throat
reference Beznosikova et al. 2000
comment
NEW Realization 9 (ID: 47789)
type Polysemy
language Korean
lexeme mok (목)
meaning 1 neck
direction —
meaning 2 throat; gullet
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 10 (ID: 49254)
type Derivation
language Midob
lexeme 1 éer
lexeme 2 éergàdi
meaning 1 neck
direction →
meaning 2 throat
reference Werner 1993: 88
comment
NEW Realization 11 (ID: 44183)
type Derivation
language Mussau-Emira
lexeme 1 alo-
lexeme 2 (taue-ŋ)alo-
meaning 1 neck
direction —
meaning 2 throat
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 140
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 11463)
type Polysemy
language Norwegian
lexeme hals
meaning 1 neck kaste seg om halsen på en
to fall on sb's neck
direction —
meaning 2 throat fukte halsen
to wet one’s whistle
reference BO
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 23964)
type Polysemy
language Old East Slavic
lexeme гърло
meaning 1 neck
direction —
meaning 2 throat
reference Sreznevskij: 616
comment
NEW Realization 14 (ID: 44182)
type Syncretism
language Paamese
lexeme hi-ree
meaning 1 neck
direction —
meaning 2 throat
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 140
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 850)
type Polysemy
language Romani
lexeme men
meaning 1 neck
direction →
meaning 2 throat
reference
comment

This polysemy only exists in Sinte Romani

Common Romani word for 'neck'

ACCEPTED Realization 16 (ID: 10712)
type Polysemy
language Romani
lexeme kor
meaning 1 neck
direction —
meaning 2 throat
reference
comment This polysemy exists in Banatiski Gurbet Romani dialect
ACCEPTED Realization 17 (ID: 684)
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme gât
meaning 1 neck
direction —
meaning 2 throat
reference DEX98
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 18 (ID: 24223)
type Cognates
language Russian
lexeme 1 ожерелье
lexeme 2 горло
meaning 1 necklace
direction ←
meaning 2 throat
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Фасмер: укр. ожере́лля, др.-русск. ожерелие, сербохорв. о̀ждриjелиjе "воротник", словен. ožrȇlje "грудь и шея коровы, быка". Производное от жерело́ (ср. также го́рло). Ср. диал. ого́рлие "ожерелье; ошейник"

NEW Realization 19 (ID: 31826)
type Polysemy
language Rutul
lexeme бугъаз / buʁaz
meaning 1 neck

бугъвазак' хихет1 кине виъи / buʁʷazakʲ χiχet' kine wiʔi


there is a wart on the neck

direction —
meaning 2 throat

бугъваза кьырыб ы1хы1ра / buʁʷaza q'ɨrɨb ɨˤχɨˤra


there's a bone stuck in the throat

reference Alekseeva et al. 2023 Alisultanov, Sulejmanova 2019: 46
comment

Kina Rutul data. No such shift found in Standard Rutul.

NEW Realization 20 (ID: 48754)
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme грло (grlo)
meaning 1 front of the neck

ухватити некога за грло


to grab someone by the neck

direction ←
meaning 2 throat

бол у грлу, запаљење грла


sore throat, inflammation of the throat

reference РСЈ: 226
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 21 (ID: 11465)
type Polysemy
language Swedish
lexeme hals
meaning 1 neck hon stod upp till halsen i vatten
she was neck-deep in the water
direction —
meaning 2 throat ha ont i halsen
to have a soar throat
reference SAO
comment
NEW Realization 22 (ID: 38473)
type Polysemy
language Thai
lexeme kɔɔ (คอ)
meaning 1 neck
direction —
meaning 2 throat
reference SEAlang Thai
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 23 (ID: 8045)
type Polysemy
language Tigre
lexeme gərəʕ
meaning 1 neck
direction —
meaning 2 throat
reference
comment (LH 576).
NEW Realization 24 (ID: 40368)
type Polysemy
language Wantoat
lexeme guyäknga
meaning 1 my neck

Maetä bibinu nap täkngäne mike guyäkngäne bungatäke äpbäkngake sukukaing


Women string beads on a cord, and putting them around their necks they go walking around happy

direction —
meaning 2 my throat

Aminu täpätutä nanam näpän pukuke guyäkngäne yuwän, “Dänggap nukgak,” ngang yäkaing


When someone eats food, and it goes down and gets stuck in his throat, they say, “It is choking me.”

reference Davis, Dangepnana 2012: 50
comment
NEW Realization 25 (ID: 41863)
type Polysemy
language Yuwaalaraay
lexeme wuyu
meaning 1 neck
direction —
meaning 2 throat
reference Ash et al. 2003: 147
comment
NEW Realization 26 (ID: 41864)
type Polysemy
language Yuwaalayaay
lexeme wuyu
meaning 1 neck
direction —
meaning 2 throat
reference Ash et al. 2003: 147
comment