horn corner 15 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 13862)
type Polysemy
language Breton
lexeme korn
meaning 1 horn
direction
meaning 2 corner
reference IDS
comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 3397)
type Polysemy
language Czech
lexeme roh
meaning 1 horn
direction
meaning 2 corner (house, room)
reference Kopeckij 1976: 243
comment Pol. róg means 'horn' and 'exterior corner', cf. czekać na rogu 'wait at the corner'.
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 13866)
type Polysemy
language Hlai (Baoting)
lexeme hau.1
meaning 1 horn
direction
meaning 2 corner
reference IDS
comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 13867)
type Polysemy
language Icelandic
lexeme horn
meaning 1 horn
direction
meaning 2 corner
reference ISLEX
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 6067)
type Polysemy
language Karaim
lexeme мювюш
meaning 1 corner (room, house) ташы мювюшнюнь
cornerstone
direction
meaning 2 horn
reference Gajdarži et al. 1973: 416
comment Possibly a Polish calque
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 13868)
type Polysemy
language Mandarin Chinese
lexeme jiǎo (角)
meaning 1 horn niújiǎo (牛角)
ox horn
direction
meaning 2 corner wū jiǎo (屋角)
corner of the room
reference BKRS
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 13864)
type Polysemy
language Nung (Tai)
lexeme kok.7
meaning 1 horn
direction
meaning 2 corner
reference IDS
comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 13860)
type Polysemy
language Old English
lexeme hyrne
meaning 1 horn
direction
meaning 2 corner, angle
reference Bosworth, Toller
comment From Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ.
ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 13858)
type Polysemy
language Old Norse
lexeme horn
meaning 1 horn (of an animal); horn (to drink from); horn (musical instrument)
direction
meaning 2 corner, angle; nook, corner (in a house)
reference Zoëga 1910
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 13857)
type Polysemy
language Polish
lexeme róg
meaning 1 horn rogi jelenie
deer horns
direction
meaning 2 outer corner czekać na rogu
wait at the corner
reference Gessen, Stypula 1980: 2, 304
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 13861)
type Polysemy
language Slovak
lexeme roh
meaning 1 horn kravský roh, kozí roh
cow horn, goat horn
direction
meaning 2 corner stáť na rohu ulice, schovať sa za rohom
stand on the corner of the street, hide behind the corner
reference KSSJ
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 13865)
type Polysemy
language Sui
lexeme pa:u.1
meaning 1 horn
direction
meaning 2 corner
reference IDS
comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 13859)
type Cognates
language Swedish
lexeme 1 horn
lexeme 2 hörn
meaning 1 horn
direction
meaning 2 corner
reference SAO
comment horn from Old Norse horn, from, from Proto-Germanic *hurną. hörn from Old Norse hyrna 'point of an axe-head', from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ feminine diminutive of *hurną
ACCEPTED Realization 14 (ID: 13863)
type Polysemy
language Tai Nuea (Dehong)
lexeme xau.1
meaning 1 horn
direction
meaning 2 corner
reference IDS
comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 13856)
type Polysemy
language Ukrainian
lexeme ріг (rih)
meaning 1 horn вироби з рогу
horn products
direction
meaning 2 outer corner на розі вулиці
on the corner of the street
reference <personally collected data>
comment Genetivus singularis - рога 'horn (of animal)', 'horn (musical instrument)', рогу 'horn (material)', 'outer corner'