metal
→
gold
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Crow | |
| lexeme 1 | úuwate | |
| lexeme 2 | úuwatshiile | |
| meaning 1 | metal | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | Medicine Horse 1987: 92 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lao | |
| lexeme | tʰɔ̑ːŋ | |
| meaning 1 | metal | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | (rare) gold | |
| reference | SEAlang Lao | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme | jīn (金) | |
| meaning 1 | metal | héjīn (合金) alloy |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | gold | Jīn de yánsè hé huángtóng hěn xiāngsì (金的颜色和黄铜很相似) Gold is similar in color to brass. |
| reference | BKRS | |
| comment | Originally referred to copper [prior to 5th B.C.E.]. Later, the meaning was extended to metal as a whole, and then to gold. Starostin reconstructs Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gǝ̆m 'metal'; compare Tedim Chin xam 'gold' and Lepcha kóm 'silver, coin, money'. The main senses now are 'gold' and 'metal'. | |
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Nez Perce (Nimipuutímt) | |
| lexeme | kícuy | |
| meaning 1 | metal | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | Aoki 1994: 223 | |
| comment | ||