neck
—
throat
13 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Lexeme | háls | |
| Meaning 1 | neck | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | throat | |
| Reference | ISLEX | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Komi | |
| Lexeme | голя | |
| Meaning 1 | neck | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | throat | |
| Reference | Beznosikova et al. 2000 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Old East Slavic | |
| Lexeme | гърло | |
| Meaning 1 | neck | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | throat | |
| Reference | Sreznevskij: 616 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme | gât | |
| Meaning 1 | neck | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | throat | |
| Reference | DEX98 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigre | |
| Lexeme | gərəʕ | |
| Meaning 1 | neck | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | throat | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LH 576). | |