head → main 7 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 7652)
type Derivation
language Classical Arabic
lexeme 1 raʔs-
lexeme 2 raʔīs-
meaning 1 head rumiya fulān-un minhu fī r-raʔs-i ‘such a one was shot by him in the head’
direction →
meaning 2 principal
reference
comment (BK I 793-794; Lane 995-996).
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 23978)
type Derivation
language Croatian
lexeme 1 glava
lexeme 2 glavni
meaning 1 head
direction →
meaning 2 main

glavna proslava


the main celebration

reference HJP
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NEW Realization 3 (ID: 45907)
type Polysemy
language Georgian
lexeme tavi (თავი)
meaning 1 head
direction →
meaning 2 (obsolete) main
reference English Wiktionary
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ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 3211)
type Polysemy
language German
lexeme 1 Haupt
lexeme 2 Haupt-
meaning 1 (dated, higher register, poetic) head

Er hob das Haupt und sah voll Kummer auf die offene See hinaus.


    He raised his head and sorrowfully looked out at the open sea.

direction →
meaning 2 principal (part of compunds )
reference DWDS English Wiktionary
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ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 39990)
type Derivation
language Hungarian
lexeme 1 fej
lexeme 2 fő
meaning 1 head

feje tetejébe nyomja a sapkát, fáj a feje vmi miatt


(S)he's pressing the hat on top of the head, (s)he has a headache from something

direction →
meaning 2 main

fő feladat, fő feltétel, fő kérdés


main task, main condition, main question

reference Zaicz 2006 MEK 1978
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ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 1676)
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 глава (glava)
lexeme 2 главный (glavnyj)
meaning 1 (archaic, poetic) head Главу с плеч долой!
Head off the shoulders!
direction →
meaning 2 principal
reference
comment Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic глава (glava). Doublet of голова́ (golová), the regular East Slavic reflex.
ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 23977)
type Derivation
language Serbian
lexeme 1 глава (glava)
lexeme 2 главни (glavni)
meaning 1 head

Uvek me boli glava kad je ovakvo vreme.


I always get a headache when the weather is like this.

direction →
meaning 2 main

главна улога, главни проблем, главна особина


main role, main problem, main characteristic

reference CLARIN.SI Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 194-195
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