middle
→
loins
2 realizations
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Jarawara | |
| Lexeme | enoki//enoki | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | 1) Mano enoki ino howe yai hisematamonaka. 1)The alligator bit his arm off at the middle |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | waist | Owenoki tama tina. Hold onto my waist. |
| Reference | JED: 70 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandaic | |
| Lexeme | halṣa | |
| Meaning 1 | hips, loins | himiana bhalṣẖ asarlẖ he bound the girdle on his loins |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle | mn riš uhalṣa udinba from beginning, middle, and end |
| Reference | MD: 122 | |
| Comment | May belong to root *ḥVlṣ- 'loin, hip' (cf. No. 118 SED I) or to *ḥVrṣ- 'hip, loin' (cf. No. 126 SED I). | |
Ср. англ. middle 1. 1) середина 1. 2) разг. талия