middle
→
middle finger
107 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Armenian | |
| Lexeme 1 | meǰteł (մեջտեղ) | |
| Lexeme 2 | miǰnamat (միջնամատ) | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Assamese | |
| Lexeme 1 | madhya | |
| Lexeme 2 | madhyamā | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Candrakānta abhidhāna: 738 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Azerbaijani | |
| Lexeme 1 | orta | |
| Lexeme 2 | orta barmaġ | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 18 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Bashkir | |
| Lexeme 1 | urta | |
| Lexeme 2 | urta barmaq | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bashkir | |
| Lexeme 1 | urta | |
| Lexeme 2 | urta tiräk | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 20 | |
| Comment | 'middle poplar'. Dialect. Also urtatiräk, urta tö̌räk, urta tö̌yräk, urta tö̌yäk | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Belarusan | |
| Lexeme 1 | сярэдні | |
| Lexeme 2 | сярэдні палец | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Slounik.org | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Bengali | |
| Lexeme 1 | madhya | |
| Lexeme 2 | madhyā, madhyāṅguli | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Biswas 2000: 835 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Bulgarian | |
| Lexeme 1 | среден | |
| Lexeme 2 | среден пръст | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Burmese | |
| Lexeme 1 | kʰəlè | |
| Lexeme 2 | leʔ kʰalè | |
| Meaning 1 | middle; centre; midst | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | SEAlang Burmrse | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Chulym | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortun | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortun šarbaq | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016 | |
| Comment | Middle Chulym dialect. Also ortun šarbāγï ‘his/her middle finger’ (< ortun šarbaq + -ï ‘possessive suffix of the third person’) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Chuvash | |
| Lexeme 1 | văta | |
| Lexeme 2 | văta pürne | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Crimean Tatar | |
| Lexeme 1 | orta | |
| Lexeme 2 | orta parmaq | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Croatian | |
| Lexeme 1 | srednji | |
| Lexeme 2 | srednjak | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | srednji sloj middle layer |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | pokazati kome prst srednjak show someone the middle finger |
| Reference | HJP | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Czech | |
| Lexeme 1 | střed | |
| Lexeme 2 | prostředník, prostředníček | |
| Meaning 1 | middle, midpoint, center | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | SSJČ | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Dolgan | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortokū | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortokū čömüye | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 21 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Dolgan | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortokū | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortokū tarbax | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 21 | |
| Comment | Also ortokū tarbagïm ‘my middle finger’ < ortokū tarbax + -ïm ‘possessive suffix of the first person singular’ | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Dutch | |
| Lexeme 1 | middel | |
| Lexeme 2 | middelvinger | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Mironov 1987 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme 1 | middle | |
| Lexeme 2 | middle finger | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Even | |
| Lexeme 1 | дулак | |
| Lexeme 2 | дулаган | |
| Meaning 1 | middle (adj.) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Robbek, Robbek 2005: 98 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Farsi | |
| Lexeme 1 | miyāna | |
| Lexeme 2 | angušti miyāna | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Finnish | |
| Lexeme 1 | keski- | |
| Lexeme 2 | keskisormi | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Vahros, Ščerbakov 2007 | |
| Comment | keskari (colloquial) 'middle finger' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 22 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme 1 | milieu | |
| Lexeme 2 | doigt du milieu | |
| Meaning 1 | middle; center | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 23 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Gagauz | |
| Lexeme 1 | orta | |
| Lexeme 2 | orta parmak | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 24 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Gagauz | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortanǰa | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortanǰa parmak | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 21 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 25 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme 1 | mittel | |
| Lexeme 2 | Mittelfinger | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Duden | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 26 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Hill Mari | |
| Lexeme 1 | покшал | |
| Lexeme 2 | покшалварня | |
| Meaning 1 | middle finger | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Savatkova 2008 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 27 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme 1 | naka (中) | |
| Lexeme 2 | nakayubi (中指) | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | nakayubi o tateru (中指を立てる) to put up the middle finger |
| Reference | BJaRS | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 28 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Karachay-Balkar | |
| Lexeme 1 | orta | |
| Lexeme 2 | orta barmaq | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 18 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 29 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Karachay-Balkar | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortančï | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortančï barmaq | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 21 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 30 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Karaim | |
| Lexeme 1 | orta | |
| Lexeme 2 | orta parmaq | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19 | |
| Comment | Crimean dialect | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Karaim | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortaxsï | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortaxsï barmax | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19 | |
| Comment | Trakai dialect | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 32 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Karaim | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortančï | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortančï barmax | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 21 | |
| Comment | Trakai dialect | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 33 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Karaim | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortanʦï | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortanʦï barmak | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 21 | |
| Comment | Halič dialect | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 34 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Karakalpak | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortan | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortan barmaq | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 35 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Karakalpak | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortaŋγï | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortaŋγï barmaq | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 21 | |
| Comment | ortaŋγï < *ortanγï < *ortanqï | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 36 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Kawi (Old Javanese) | |
| Lexeme 1 | madya, madhya | |
| Lexeme 2 | madyägula | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | SEALang Balinese | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 37 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Kazakh | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortan | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortan qol | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 38 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Kazakh | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortan | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortan sawsaq | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 20 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 39 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Khakas | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortïn | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortïn salā | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 40 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Khakas | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortïn | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortïn tïrbaš | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 20 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 41 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Khamnigan Mongol | |
| Lexeme 1 | dunda | |
| Lexeme 2 | dunda xuru: | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Damdinov, Sundueva 2015: 127 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 42 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Komi | |
| Lexeme 1 | шӧр | |
| Lexeme 2 | шӧр чунь | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Beznosikova et al. 2000 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 43 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Korean | |
| Lexeme 1 | gaunde | |
| Lexeme 2 | gaundet songarak | |
| Meaning 1 | middle; centre | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 18 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 44 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Kumyk | |
| Lexeme 1 | orta | |
| Lexeme 2 | orta barmaq | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 18 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 45 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Kyrghyz | |
| Lexeme 1 | orton | |
| Lexeme 2 | orton qol | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 46 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kyrghyz | |
| Lexeme | orton | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 22 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 47 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Lao | |
| Lexeme 1 | kāng (ກາງ) | |
| Lexeme 2 | niu kāng (ນິ້ວກາງ) | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | SEAlang Lao | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 48 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme 1 | medius | |
| Lexeme 2 | digitus medius | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Lewis, Short | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 49 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Macedonian | |
| Lexeme 1 | среден | |
| Lexeme 2 | среден прст | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 50 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme 1 | zhōng (中) | |
| Lexeme 2 | zhōngzhǐ (中指) | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | BKRS | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 51 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Marathi | |
| Lexeme 1 | madhya | |
| Lexeme 2 | madhyamā | |
| Meaning 1 | middle; center | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Molesworth 1857: 630 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 52 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Meadow Mari | |
| Lexeme 1 | покшел | |
| Lexeme 2 | покшелварня | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Marij jylme muter | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 53 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Modern Greek | |
| Lexeme | μέσος | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Xorikov, Malev 1993 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 54 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Modern Mon | |
| Lexeme 1 | tò | |
| Lexeme 2 | toa tò | |
| Meaning 1 | middle, in the middle of, in the midst of, among | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | SEAlang Mon | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 55 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Modern Mon | |
| Lexeme 1 | hədoa | |
| Lexeme 2 | toa hədoa | |
| Meaning 1 | inside, middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | SEAlang Mon | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 56 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Modern Written Arabic | |
| Lexeme 1 | أَوْسَطُ ˀawsaṭ-u- | |
| Lexeme 2 | وُسْطَى wusṭā | |
| Meaning 1 | middle, central | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> Baranov | |
| Comment | Lexeme 2 is a feminine singular form from أَوْسَطُ. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 57 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Nogai | |
| Lexeme 1 | orta | |
| Lexeme 2 | orta barmaq | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 18 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 58 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Old Uighur | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortun | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortun erŋek | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 18 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 59 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Pashto | |
| Lexeme 1 | mi-yanḏẕ | |
| Lexeme 2 | da mi-yanḏẕ gūtaʿh | |
| Meaning 1 | the middle of anything, the centre | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Raverty 1867: 956 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 60 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Polish | |
| Lexeme 1 | środkowy | |
| Lexeme 2 | środkowy palec | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 61 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Portuguese | |
| Lexeme 1 | médio | |
| Lexeme 2 | dedo médio | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Feerštejn, Starec 2005 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 62 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme 1 | mijlociu | |
| Lexeme 2 | deget mijlociu | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | MDA2 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 63 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | средний | |
| Lexeme 2 | средний палец | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 64 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Rutul | |
| Lexeme 1 | йыкьаIд / jɨq'aˤd | |
| Lexeme 2 | йыкьаIд тIили / jɨq'aˤd t'ili | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | устIулад йыкьаIд кьути / ust'ulad jɨq'aˤd q'uti a middle desk drawer |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | йыкьаIд тIили / jɨq'aˤd t'ili middle finger |
| Reference | Ismailova 2011: 291 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 65 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Salar | |
| Lexeme 1 | o’tä | |
| Lexeme 2 | o’tä purmaχ | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19 | |
| Comment | Also Salar otta pərmaχ | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 66 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Selkup | |
| Lexeme 1 | шэдгодэл | |
| Lexeme 2 | шэдгодэл мун | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Consolidated Selkup | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 67 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Serbian | |
| Lexeme 1 | средњи (srednji) | |
| Lexeme 2 | средњак (srednjak) | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | средња Европа, средњи брат middle Europe, middle brother |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | držeći ga precizno i mirno vrhovima kažiprsta i srednjaka holding it precisely and calmly with the tips of the index and middle fingers |
| Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1261 CLARIN.SI | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 68 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Shan | |
| Lexeme 1 | kaaŋ1 | |
| Lexeme 2 | niw5 kaaŋ1 | |
| Meaning 1 | middle, in the midst of | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | SEAlang Shan | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 69 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Shor | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortan | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortan padïrbaš | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 20 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 70 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Slovak | |
| Lexeme 1 | stredný | |
| Lexeme 2 | prostredník | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 71 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Slovenian | |
| Lexeme 1 | sredina | |
| Lexeme 2 | sredinec | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 72 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Southern Altai | |
| Lexeme 1 | orta | |
| Lexeme 2 | orta salā | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19 | |
| Comment | Kumandy dial. Also Teleut dial. orton salaγa, Chalkandu dial. orto salāžïq, Kumandy dial. ortozïnda salā (orto ‘middle’ + -zïn ‘possessive suffix of the third person’ + -da ‘locative suffix’ + salā ‘finger’; “finger in its middle”) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 73 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Southern Altai | |
| Lexeme 1 | orto | |
| Lexeme 2 | orto sabar | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19-20 | |
| Comment | Also orton sabar | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 74 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Southern Altai | |
| Lexeme 1 | orto | |
| Lexeme 2 | orto čečen | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 21 | |
| Comment | Altay-Kizhi dialect. čečen ‘accurate, well-aimed’ (< Mong. sečen, čečen ‘wise, sage, intelligent; prudent’) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 75 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Southern Min (Min Nan) | |
| Lexeme 1 | tiong (中) | |
| Lexeme 2 | tiong-niáu (中爪) | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | 'middle' + 'claw (of animal, bird)' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 76 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Southern Min (Min Nan) | |
| Lexeme 1 | tiong (中) | |
| Lexeme 2 | tiong-kê (中椵) | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (dated) middle finger | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | Xiamen dialect. 椵 kê (Mandarin Chinese jiǎ) 'grapefruit, a type of pomelo' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 77 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Southern Min (Min Nan) | |
| Lexeme 1 | tiong (中) | |
| Lexeme 2 | tiong-ko (中哥) | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | Quanzhou, Yongchun and Dehua dialects of Southern Min | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 78 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme 1 | medio | |
| Lexeme 2 | dedo de en medio | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 79 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Syriac | |
| Lexeme 1 | meṣʿāyāʾ | |
| Lexeme 2 | meṣʿaytāʾ | |
| Meaning 1 | middle, central | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Sokoloff 2009 | |
| Comment | Nominalized from the feminine form of meṣʿāyāʾ | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 80 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Tatar | |
| Lexeme 1 | urta | |
| Lexeme 2 | urta barmaq | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 81 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tatar | |
| Lexeme 1 | urta | |
| Lexeme 2 | urta tiräk | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 20 | |
| Comment | 'middle poplar'. Dialect | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 82 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Telugu | |
| Lexeme 1 | naḍi (నడి) | |
| Lexeme 2 | vrēlu (వ్రేలు) | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 83 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Thai | |
| Lexeme 1 | glaang (กลาง) | |
| Lexeme 2 | níu-glaang (นิ้วกลาง) | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 84 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Tofa | |
| Lexeme 1 | oˀrtā | |
| Lexeme 2 | oˀrtā ergˊek | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 20 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 85 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Tofa | |
| Lexeme 1 | oˀrtā | |
| Lexeme 2 | oˀrtā mˊergˊen | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 21 | |
| Comment | < Mong. mergen ‘a good marksman; wisdom; wise, learned, sage, experienced; apt’ | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 86 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme 1 | orta | |
| Lexeme 2 | orta parmak | |
| Meaning 1 | middle, central | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Jusipova 2005 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 87 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortanca | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortanca parmak | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 21 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 88 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Turkmen | |
| Lexeme 1 | orta | |
| Lexeme 2 | orta barmaq | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 18 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 89 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Turkmen | |
| Lexeme 1 | orta | |
| Lexeme 2 | orta teräk | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 20 | |
| Comment | 'middle poplar'. Dialect | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 90 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Turkmen | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortaqï | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortaqï barmaq | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 21 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 91 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Tuvan | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortā | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortā salā | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 92 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Tuvan | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortā | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortā-mergen | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 21 | |
| Comment | mergen ‘accurate, well-aimed’ (< Mong. mergen ‘a good marksman; wisdom; wise, learned, sage, experienced; apt’) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 93 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Tuvan | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortāqï | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortāqï salā | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 21 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 94 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Udmurt | |
| Lexeme 1 | шор | |
| Lexeme 2 | шорчиньы | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 95 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Uighur | |
| Lexeme 1 | ottura | |
| Lexeme 2 | ottura barmaq | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 96 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Uighur | |
| Lexeme 1 | otran | |
| Lexeme 2 | otran qol | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19 | |
| Comment | ottura qol, otturan qol | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 97 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Uighur | |
| Lexeme 1 | otranči | |
| Lexeme 2 | otranči qol | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 21 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 98 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Ukrainian | |
| Lexeme 1 | середній | |
| Lexeme 2 | середній палець | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | SUM-11 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 99 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Urum | |
| Lexeme 1 | orta | |
| Lexeme 2 | orta parmax | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 100 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Uzbek | |
| Lexeme 1 | orta | |
| Lexeme 2 | orta barmaq | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016 | |
| Comment | dialect | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 101 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Uzbek | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortȧ | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortȧ bȧrmåq | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 102 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Uzbek | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortȧ | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortȧ qol | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 103 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Uzbek | |
| Lexeme 1 | orta | |
| Lexeme 2 | orta teräk | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 20 | |
| Comment | 'middle poplar'. Dialect. Also orta täräk, wortaŋtɛrɛk | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 104 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Uzbek | |
| Lexeme 1 | ortȧnči | |
| Lexeme 2 | ortȧnči bȧrmåq | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 21 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 105 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Vietnamese | |
| Lexeme 1 | giữa | |
| Lexeme 2 | ngón giữa | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | SEAlang Vietnamese | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 106 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Western Yugur | |
| Lexeme 1 | ohrta | |
| Lexeme 2 | ohrtaləγ | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 19-20 | |
| Comment | ohrta ‘middle’ + ələγ ‘hand’. Also Western Yugur ohrtamaqʰ, ortama, oramaqʰ | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 107 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Yakut | |
| Lexeme 1 | orto | |
| Lexeme 2 | orto tarbax | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | Li 2016: 20 | |
| Comment | ||
Also in Southern Min (Min Nan) tiong-iâⁿ (中營) 'middle finger' (from middle + army). Italian (ditto) medio from Latin digitus medius.