foot
↔
beginning
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | aṭi | |
| meaning 1 | foot | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | beginning | aṭi-y-iṭu- 1) to make a beginning; 2) to make the bottom of a basket or the first end of a mat as a beginning; 3) to step forward |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 46 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | tāḷ | |
| meaning 1 | leg, foot | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Origin, commencement, beginning | |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 1855 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme 1 | mutal | |
| lexeme 2 | mutal | |
| meaning 1 | Base, foot, bottom or lowest part of anything | |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | beginning | |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 3259 | |
| comment | The main meaning of "mutal" is "first, beginning", the meaning "foot" is not the main. | |