bone
→
needle (sewing)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ixil | |
| lexeme | b'ak | |
| meaning 1 | bone | Kat ic'apu el txoo u tx'i' u b'ak the dog carried the bone in his mouth |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | needle | Kat tosca u vinak txij tixe' u tz'isb'al b'ak the man put the thread into the needle hole |
| reference | Jewett, Willis 1996: 16 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Rapanui | |
| lexeme | ibi | |
| meaning 1 | bone | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | needle | |
| reference | POLLEX-Online | |
| comment | 'bone' in other Polynesian languages | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tongan | |
| lexeme | hui | |
| meaning 1 | bone | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | needle, pin | |
| reference | POLLEX-Online | |
| comment | 'bone' in Anuta, East Uvea, Emae, Fijian, Niue, Rotaman languages. | |