time / period of time
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24 hours
6 realizations
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Komo (Nilo-Saharan) | |
| Lexeme | tɛ | |
| Meaning 1 | time | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | day | |
| Reference | Otero 2015: 61 GLD | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lao | |
| Lexeme | mɨ̂ː (ມື້) | |
| Meaning 1 | time, occasion, moment | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | 24 hours | |
| Reference | SEAlang Lao | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | tiān (天) | |
| Meaning 1 | time | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | day, 24 hours | |
| Reference | BKRS | |
| Comment | Originally 'sky, heaven' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Polish | |
| Lexeme | doba | |
| Meaning 1 | time, period | w dzisiejszej dobie at present |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | twenty four hours | dwa razy na dobę twice in 24 hours |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | In the Czech doba, the Bulg., Mac., Serb. доба there is only the meaning of 'a period of time'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Telefol | |
| Lexeme | am | |
| Meaning 1 | time | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | day (24 hours) | |
| Reference | Healey & Healey 1977: 14 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Wantoat | |
| Lexeme | täpduk | |
| Meaning 1 | time | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | day | |
| Reference | Davis, Dangepnana 2012: 127 | |
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