eye jewel, precious stone 9 realizations
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Acehnese
lexeme mata
meaning 1 eye
direction
meaning 2 gemstone
reference ACD
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NEW Realization 2
type Derivation
language Batak Toba
lexeme 1 mata
lexeme 2 mata intan
meaning 1 eye
direction
meaning 2 jewel, precious stone
reference ACD
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NEW Realization 3
type Derivation
language Fordata
lexeme 1 mata
lexeme 2 sita-na mata-n
meaning 1 eye
direction
meaning 2 stone setting in a finger-ring
reference ACD
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NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Iban
lexeme 1 mata
lexeme 2 mata tincin
meaning 1 eye
direction
meaning 2 stones set in finger ring
reference ACD
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NEW Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Javanese
lexeme mata
meaning 1 eye
direction
meaning 2 jewel in its setting
reference ACD
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NEW Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Kawi (Old Javanese)
lexeme mata
meaning 1 eye
direction
meaning 2 stone (set in a ring, etc.)
reference ACD
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ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Polish
lexeme oko
meaning 1 eye
meaning 2 gem, cameo (in a ring)
reference
comment Cf. the Russian глазок ‘о перстне и о подобной вещи: одиночный камешек, жемчужинка’ (a ring or a similar thing: a pebble, a pearl) (Dal').
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Cognates
language 1 Polish
language 2 Russian
lexeme 1 głaz
lexeme 2 glaz
meaning 1 rock, boulder
meaning 2 eye
reference
comment Most probably it goes back to the Slav. *gl-a-zъ, which is a suffixal derivation from the I.-E. *g(h)el «pebble», «round», «ball-like». The etymology: the Rus. глаз < ‘ball, stone’ (cf. Pol. glaz «boulder», «sandstone», Old Czech. Hlazec «gem»).
ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Uzbek
lexeme кўз
meaning 1 eye
meaning 2 jewel (in a ring)
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