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 | ||