mirror
→
spectacles
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hausa | |
| Lexeme | mádúubíi | |
| Meaning 1 | mirror | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | spectacles | |
| Reference | World Loanword Database | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 má-dúub-íi [NOMEN.INSTRUMENTI-to.look-NOMEN.INSTRUMENTI] | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Q'eqchi' | |
| Lexeme | lem | |
| Meaning 1 | mirror | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | spectacles | |
| Reference | World Loanword Database | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 Also 'glass' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | White Hmong (Hmong Daw) | |
| Lexeme | tsom iav | |
| Meaning 1 | mirror | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | spectacles | |
| Reference | World Loanword Database | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 'look-glass' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | jìng (镜) | |
| Meaning 1 | mirror | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | spectacles | |
| Reference | BKRS | |
| Comment | Also jìngzi (镜子) 'mirror' and (coll.) 'spectacles'. Spectacles also yǎnjìng (眼镜) 'eye-mirror' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Udmurt | |
| Lexeme | кызгы | |
| Meaning 1 | (dialect) mirror | покчи кызгы 'small mirror' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | (dialect) spectacles | |
| Reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Burmese | |
| Lexeme 1 | hman | |
| Lexeme 2 | mje' hman | |
| Meaning 1 | mirror | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | spectacles; eyeglasses | |
| Reference | SEAlang Burmrse | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Lao | |
| Lexeme 1 | wɛ̄ːn | |
| Lexeme 2 | wɛ̄ːn taː | |
| Meaning 1 | mirror | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | spectacles, eyeglasses | |
| Reference | SEAlang Lao | |
| Comment | 'mirrow' + 'eye' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Modern Mon | |
| Lexeme 1 | kəhò | |
| Lexeme 2 | kəhò mòt | |
| Meaning 1 | mirror | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | spectacles | |
| Reference | SEAlang Mon | |
| Comment | 'mirrow' + 'eye' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Welsh | |
| Lexeme | gwydr | |
| Meaning 1 | looking-glass, mirror | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | reading-glass, spectacle lens, (in pl.) glasses, pair of spectacles | |
| Reference | Geiriuadur | |
| Comment | ||
CLICS-3 1171-1898. Cf. Welsh gwydryn 'mirror', 'lens'