yam
→
potato
4 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 17550) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Gurindji | |
| lexeme | pikurta | |
| meaning 1 | yam (Dioscorea) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | potato | |
| reference | World Loanword Database | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 14268) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Malay | |
| lexeme 1 | ubi | |
| lexeme 2 | ubi kentang | |
| meaning 1 | yam (Dioscorea); tuber; tuberous plant | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | potato | |
| reference | SEALang Malay | |
| comment | In Modern Malay and Indonesian kentang 'potato'. Earlier for 'potato' existed terms ubi Holanda 'Dutch yam' and ubi Bĕnggala 'Bengalian yam' | |
| NEW Realization 3 (ID: 51975) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Syncretism | |
| language 1 | Swedish | |
| language 2 | Swahili | |
| lexeme 1 | kiazi | |
| lexeme 2 | kiazi ulaya | |
| meaning 1 | yam | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | potato | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | kiazi kikuu - main kiazi kiazi ulaya - European kiazi From Malay keladi |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 14267) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme 1 | man | |
| lexeme 2 | man-fàràng | |
| meaning 1 | yam (Dioscorea) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | potato | |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | fàràng 'foreign, European' | |