breathing
↔
life
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | ψυχή (psūkhē) | |
| meaning 1 | breath | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | somebody's life | […] αἰεὶ ἐμὴν ψυχὴν παραβαλλόμενος πολεμίζειν. (Homer, Iliad 9.322) […] ever staking my life in fight. |
| reference | François 2008: 194 LSJ | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Karelian | |
| lexeme | henki | |
| meaning 1 | breathing | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | life | |
| reference | Zajkov, Rugoeva 1999: 27 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Khamnigan Mongol | |
| lexeme | ами(н) | |
| meaning 1 | breathing | амяа абчи ядатараа хуугяад күрчи ирэнэ He came so fast that he couldn't breath |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | life | аминай кэрэг a matter of life |
| reference | Damdinov, Sundueva 2015: 21-22 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme 1 | амь | |
| lexeme 2 | амьсгал | |
| meaning 1 | breathing | |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | life | |
| reference | BAMRS 2001-2002 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tundra Yukaghir | |
| lexeme | аҕарэ | |
| meaning 1 | breathing | аҕарэн ваарэйл, аҕарэн пулгэрэйл inhale, exhale |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | life | аҕарэпулдаҕанэ чалаҕан let them live longer (lit. 'make their life longet') |
| reference | Kurilov 2001: 26 | |
| comment | Also аҕараану- 'to breath', 'to be alive'. |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Yaqui (Hiaki) | |
| lexeme 1 | hiavihtei | |
| lexeme 2 | hiapsiwame | |
| meaning 1 | breath | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | life | |
| reference | Dictionary Yaqui | |
| comment | ||