dog horse 8 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Dane-zaa (Beaver)
lexeme klin
meaning 1 dog
direction
meaning 2 horse (Equus caballus)
reference Brown 1999: 28-29
comment Also klin chok 'dog/horse large' = 'horse'
NEW Realization 2
type Cognates
language 1 Dogrib
language 2 Western Apache
lexeme 1 tłı̨
lexeme 2 łį́į́ʼ
meaning 1 dog
direction
meaning 2 horse
reference <personally collected data>
comment

See comment to Navajo realization

NEW Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Gugu-yimidjir
lexeme guguur
meaning 1 (avoidance language) dog, dingo
direction
meaning 2 (avoidance language) horse
reference <personally collected data>
comment

initially 'mouse, rat'

NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Hupa
lexeme łingʼ
meaning 1 dog
direction
meaning 2 horse
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Golla, Victor et al. (1996), Hupa Language Dictionary Second Edition, Humboldt, California: Hoopa Valley Tribe

From Proto-Athabaskan *ɬəŋʸ 'dog'

ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Derivation
language Slavey
lexeme 1 klin
lexeme 2 klintcho
meaning 1 dog
direction
meaning 2 horse (Equus caballus)
reference Brown 1999: 29
comment 'dog big'
NEW Realization 6
type Cognates
language 1 Slavey
language 2 Navajo
lexeme 1 tlį
lexeme 2 łį́į́ʼ
meaning 1 dog
direction
meaning 2 horse
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Proto-Athabaskan *ɬəŋʸ 'dog'. Upon the reintroduction of the horse to North America, the Navajo language transferred the usage of łį́į́ʼ to the horse (which became the new favored "pet" in Navajo culture), with the dog being referred to by a derived term, łééchąąʼí (literally “shit pet”), i.e. pet which eats excrement.

Leer, Jeff (1996), Comparative Athabaskan Lexicon‎, volume *ɬa-ɬə, Alaska Native Language Archive, pages 32-33
Sapir, Internal Linguistic Evidence Suggestive of the Northern Origin of the Navaho, p. 227 

NEW Realization 7
type Cognates
language 1 Tai Nuea (Dehong)
language 2 Ahom
lexeme 1 máa (ᥛᥣᥴ)
lexeme 2 mā (𑜉𑜡)
meaning 1 dog
direction
meaning 2 horse
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Pittayaporn P. The Phonology Of Proto-Tai, 2009 


From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːᴬ (“dog”). Cognate with Aiton မႃ (mā), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥴ (máa), Thai หมา (mǎa), Lao ໝາ (mā), Lü ᦖᦱ (ṁaa), Tai Dam ꪢꪱ, Shan မႃ (mǎa), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩣ, Zhuang ma, Saek หม่า
NEW Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Yir Yoront
lexeme kurta
meaning 1 dog
direction
meaning 2 horse
reference Alpher 1991
comment