tongue (body part)
→
string (of a musical instrument)
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Estonian | |
| Lexeme | keel | |
| Meaning 1 | tongue (body part) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | string (of a musical instrument) | Viiulil katkes keel. The string on the violin broke. |
| Reference | EKSS | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Finnish | |
| Lexeme | kieli | |
| Meaning 1 | tongue (body part) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | string (of a musical instrument) | |
| Reference | Vahros, Ščerbakov 2007 | |
| Comment | Also 'reed (vibrating part in the mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument)'. From Proto-Finnic *keeli 'tongue', 'language'. | |