land (vs. sea)
→
floor (vs. ceiling)
5 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Balinese | |
Lexeme | batar | |
Meaning 1 | ground, soil | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | floor of stone or earth | |
Reference | SEALang Balinese | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Cocopa | |
Lexeme | maṭ | |
Meaning 1 | land, ground, country, dirt, earth, (city) lot | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | floor | |
Reference | Zhivlov 2019 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | French | |
Lexeme | sol | |
Meaning 1 | soil, ground, earth | un sol fertile fertile soil |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | floor (vs. ceiling) | le sol d'une cave the floor in a cellar |
Reference | Larousse online | |
Comment | Cf. also the word terre 'soil, ground, earth; land' and the expression par terre 'on the ground' or 'on the floor'. |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Geez | |
Lexeme | mədr | |
Meaning 1 | land | wa-samayo ʔəgzəʔabəḥer la-yabs mədra wa-la-məʔlādātihu la-māy samayo bāḥra (Gen. 1:10) 'and God called the dry place land, and he called the gatherings of the water sea'; mədra kona (Jud. 5:18) 'it became earth' |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | floor, pavement | wa-yənaśśəʔ kāhən mareta ʔəm-wəsta dabtarā za-marṭul ʔəmənna mədru ‘and the priest takes earth from the tabernacle of the testimony, from its floor’ (Num. 5:17) |
Reference | ||
Comment | (LLA 217). |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | German | |
Lexeme | Boden | |
Meaning 1 | earth, soil | vom Schiff aus festen Boden betreten 'to come down from the ship to the firm ground' |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | floor | der Boxer musste zu Boden gehen 'the boxer fell upon the floor, the boxer was knocked down' |
Reference | ||
Comment |