water river 14 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Abaza
lexeme дзы / ʒə
meaning 1 water йрыжвуа дзы / jrəẑəwa ʒə
drinking water
direction
meaning 2 river адзы хъвкIылра / aʒə qʷḳəlra
to dam the river
reference Tugov 1967
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Batsbi
lexeme xi
meaning 1 water
direction
meaning 2 river
reference Kadagidze & Kadagidze 1984: 809
comment also 'pond; brook, creek'
NEW Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Casiguran Dumagat
lexeme dinom
meaning 1 water
direction
meaning 2 river, stream
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Doromu-Koki
lexeme koru
meaning 1 water
direction
meaning 2 river, stream, brook, creek
reference Bradshaw 2021: 106
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Hill Mari
lexeme вӹд
meaning 1 water кӱшӹ вӹд
boiled water
direction
meaning 2 river вӹд нӓлӹн
the river overflowed
reference Savatkova 2008
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NEW Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Ibaloy
lexeme shanom
meaning 1 water
direction
meaning 2 river
reference ACD
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ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Cognates
language 1 Ida'an Begak
language 2 Mamanwa
lexeme sapaɁ
meaning 1 water
direction
meaning 2 river
reference ACD
comment Favorlang/Babuza sapā ‘river’, Casiguran Dumagat sapa ‘pond; stagnant water’, Ayta Abellan hapa ‘small stream; lake’, Tagalog sápaɁ ‘brook; rivulet; small stream (shallow, and may have water only during rainy season)’, Bikol sápaɁ ‘stream, rivulet’, Hanunóo sápaɁ ‘river’, Aklanon sapáɁ ‘pond, small lake’, sapáɁ-sápaɁ ‘pond, very small lake’, sapáɁ-sapáɁ-an ‘overflooded in areas, covered with puddles, ponds’, Hiligaynon sapáɁ ‘creek, brook; lake’, Cebuano sápaɁ ‘brook or creek’, Tausug sapaʔ ‘a small river, stream’, Samal sapaʔ ‘river’, Mongondow tapaʔ ‘brook, creek’
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Komi
lexeme ва
meaning 1 water ва войт
water drop
direction
meaning 2 river ва воссяс – сёян вежсяс
the river will open - food will change (i.e. fish will appear on the table)
reference Beznosikova et al. 2000
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NEW Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Lakalai
lexeme la-lalu
meaning 1 fresh water
direction
meaning 2 river
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Lele (Papua New Guinea)
lexeme d̃an
meaning 1 fresh water
direction
meaning 2 river
reference ACD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Meadow Mari
lexeme вӱд
meaning 1 water теҥыз вӱд
sea water
direction
meaning 2 river Пароходшо Юл вӱд дене йӱксӧ семынак иеш (Мирон Большаков)
A steamer floats like a swan along the Volga River.
reference Marij jylme muter
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NEW Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Nalik
lexeme danim
meaning 1 fresh water
direction
meaning 2 river
reference ACD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Tofa
lexeme суғ
meaning 1 water; liquid
direction
meaning 2 small river, brook, streamlet мен бо суғну сал бле кеъштiм
I moved this river on a raft
reference Rassadin 2016: 368
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ACCEPTED Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Tok Pisin
lexeme wara
meaning 1 water
direction
meaning 2 river, stream
reference <personally collected data>
comment From English water