tuber
→
potato
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Chukchee | |
| lexeme | кымчек | |
| meaning 1 | edible root | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | potato | кымчекалгын '(an individual) potato', 'tuber' |
| reference | Moll, Inènlikèj 1957: 56 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Japanese | |
| lexeme 1 | imo (いも, 芋) | |
| lexeme 2 | jagaimo | |
| meaning 1 | tuber; taro; potato; yam | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | potato | |
| reference | EDICT | |
| comment | Many names of edible tubers in Japanese are derived from the same generic term: ジャガイモ jagaimo "potato"; サツマイモ satsumaimo "sweet potato"; サトイモ satoimo "taro"; ヤマノイモ yamanoimo "yams". | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Lao | |
| lexeme 1 | man | |
| lexeme 2 | man falang | |
| meaning 1 | yam; tuber; tuberous plant | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | potato | |
| reference | SEAlang Lao | |
| comment | falang 'French, European, foreign'. Man from Proto-Tai *man 'yam' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Meadow Mari | |
| lexeme | пареҥге | |
| meaning 1 | tuber | георгин пареҥге dahlia tuber |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | potato | пареҥгым шындаш to plant potato |
| reference | Marij jylme muter | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Vietnamese | |
| lexeme 1 | khoai | |
| lexeme 2 | khoai tây | |
| meaning 1 | collective name for yams, sweet potatos, etc | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | potato | |
| reference | SEAlang Vietnamese | |
| comment | tây 'western' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | White Hmong (Hmong Daw) | |
| lexeme 1 | qos | |
| lexeme 2 | qos yaj ywm | |
| meaning 1 | tuber | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | potato | |
| reference | World Loanword Database | |
| comment | qos + yaj-ywm [tuber + ?] | |