yam
→
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Gurindji | |
| lexeme | pikurta | |
| meaning 1 | yam (Dioscorea) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) | |
| reference | World Loanword Database | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme | gānshǔ (甘藷) | |
| meaning 1 | lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) | |
| reference | BKRS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme | hóngsháo (红苕) | |
| meaning 1 | lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) | |
| reference | BKRS | |
| comment | ||