middle
—
waist
8 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kubachi | |
| Lexeme | баг | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | хатIадда баг 'middle of plate' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | waist | исбагьи ягла юссе 'slim waist girl' |
| Reference | Magomedov, Saidov-Akkutta 2017: 59 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | yāo (腰) | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | Gùshì shuō dào zhōngyāo jiù bù shuōle (故事说到中腰就不说了) 'Told the tale to the middle and fell silent' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | waist | xì yāo (细腰), yāosuān tuǐ téng (腰酸腿疼) 'slim waist; and aching lower back, and legs hurt' |
| Reference | BKRS | |
| Comment | From 'waist' to 'middle' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme | mijloc | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | waist | |
| Reference | DEX98 | |
| Comment | From Latin medius locus DER | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Yaghnobi | |
| Lexeme | bĭdón, bẹ̆dón, bĭdún, bĕdún | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | iš šáʰrĕ bẹ̆dónš kúmokayx? 'where is the middle of this city?' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | waist | |
| Reference | Andreev et all. 1957: 231 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tamil | |
| Lexeme | ikku | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | waist | |
| Reference | Tamil lexicon: 267 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Batsbi | |
| Lexeme 1 | juq̣ā | |
| Lexeme 2 | juq̣ | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | waist | |
| Reference | Mikeladze, Gigashvili 2012: 386-387 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Assamese | |
| Lexeme | madhya | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | waist | |
| Reference | Candrakānta abhidhāna: 738 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bengali | |
| Lexeme | madhya | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | waist | |
| Reference | Biswas 2000: 835 | |
| Comment | ||