snow
—
frost
2 realizations
GROUP: South Dravidian
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 4364 | snow | — | hoar-frost | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 14438) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | paṉikkaṭṭi | |
| meaning 1 | snow | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | frost | |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 2572 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 14439) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | imam | |
| meaning 1 | snow | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | frost | |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 298 | |
| comment | Borrowing from Indo-Aryan hima, as in Himalayas | |