abdomen / belly → seat of emotions 38 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 7816)
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme karšu, karašu
meaning 1 stomach, belly, womb, body [in]a karšīšina limēṣū šammū
let there be too little food (lit. grass) in their (f.) stomacks
direction →
meaning 2 mind, heart nissatu īterub ina karšīya; uṣṣab ureddi awātam ana karšīša
sorrow has entered my heart; he adds persuasiveness to her mind
reference
comment CAD k 223; Dhorme 1963, 133-134
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 3319)
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme hod
meaning 1 stomach, belly, abdomen hodu lay räggäṭäw
He kicked him in the belly.
direction →
meaning 2 heart, mind antän yämməräsabbät hod yälläñəmm
I do not have a heart with which I will forget you.
reference AED: 29 Leslau 1973: 105
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ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 2983)
type Polysemy
language Chaha
lexeme dän
meaning 1 belly, abdomen, stomach dän ṭäbäṭä

He has dysentery. (lit. the belly seized (him))
direction →
meaning 2 location of emotions

1. dän anṭä-m

2. dän wära


1. to be discouraged, give up hope, lose hope (lit. to cut belly)

2. kindhearted, easy-going (lit. with kind belly)
reference EDG I: 43, 122
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NEW Realization 4 (ID: 31605)
type Polysemy
language Doromu-Koki
lexeme uka
meaning 1 abdomen
direction —
meaning 2 soul
reference Bradshaw 2021: 198
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ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 9221)
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme stomach
meaning 1 stomach
direction →
meaning 2 determination, inclination, position People had no further stomach for war (OED)
reference
comment OED.
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 7567)
type Polysemy
language Evenki
lexeme эмугде
meaning 1 guts
direction →
meaning 2 soul, heart эмугдедӯви сингнӣдечэв, аял турэр хунат эмугдэвэн илэчэчэтын , эмугдэв энудерэн , хэгды синңи, омолги, эмугдэе ачин
'in my heart I was sorry’, ‘the words of sympathy moved the girl's heart’, ‘my heart bleeds’, ‘you have a great heart, son', ‘heartless’
reference
comment Василевич 1958, 557; Болдрев 2000, II, 380
ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 8355)
type Polysemy
language Farsi
lexeme دل del
meaning 1 stomach, guts دلم درد میکند del-am dard mikonad
I have a stomach ache
direction —
meaning 2 heart, soul, thought, mind با دل و جان bā del va jān
with heart and soul
reference Rubinčik 1970: 648
comment ПРС 360. Примеров бы выписать...
ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 6355)
type Polysemy
language Gagauz
lexeme ürek
meaning 1 abdomen, stomach ÿрек аарысы
stomach ache
direction —
meaning 2 heart, soul ÿреена гöрä
after one's heart
reference Gajdarži et al. 1973: 489
comment The change path is "heart" - "stomach".
NEW Realization 9 (ID: 31482)
type Polysemy
language Guarani
lexeme ñe'ã
meaning 1 abdomen
direction →
meaning 2 mind
reference Guasch, Ortiz 1998: 690
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ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 9190)
type Polysemy
language Japanese
lexeme hara (腹)
meaning 1 abdomen, belly, stomach
direction —
meaning 2 soul 1. хара га ниэру
1. stomach is boiling (person get furious)
reference
comment БЯРС II, 441
NEW Realization 11 (ID: 29609)
type Polysemy
language Kâte
lexeme bu
meaning 1 the thorac ic and ab dominal cavities
direction →
meaning 2 location of emotions
reference Flierl, Strauss 1977: 52
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ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 10708)
type Polysemy
language Kuuk-Thaayorre (Thayore)
lexeme ngeenke
meaning 1 abdomen, belly
direction →
meaning 2 seat of emotions
reference Gaby 2008: 27 – 44
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NEW Realization 13 (ID: 44512)
type Polysemy
language Luangiua (Ontong Java)
lexeme maŋava
meaning 1 belly
direction →
meaning 2 seat of emotions
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 186
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NEW Realization 14 (ID: 29760)
type Polysemy
language Luobohe Miao
lexeme plàng
meaning 1 abdomen
direction →
meaning 2 location of emotions
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Savina F.M. Dictionnaire miao-tseu-français, précédé d'un précis de grammaire miao-tseu et suivi d'un vocabulaire franoaismiao- tseu 132, 142
ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 9608)
type Derivation
language Manchu
lexeme 1 хэфэл’эн
lexeme 2 хэфал’э-мби
meaning 1 belly, paunch
direction →
meaning 2 I gird myself; I conceal, I have in mind, in the heart, in the memory, I think, I nourish an intention, thought, anger, I sympathize with smn
reference
comment Захаров 1875, 416.
ACCEPTED Realization 16 (ID: 10360)
type Polysemy
language Mandarin Chinese
lexeme 腹 (fù)
meaning 1 stomach, belly, abdomen 腹痛 / fùtòng
stomach ache
direction →
meaning 2 soul 腹诽 / fùfēi
not to approve in one's heart
reference BKRS: 10747
comment
NEW Realization 17 (ID: 44527)
type Polysemy
language Maori
lexeme manawa
meaning 1 belly, bowels
direction →
meaning 2 mind, spirit; affections, feelings, disposition
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 187
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ACCEPTED Realization 18 (ID: 1805)
type Polysemy
language Melpa
lexeme kitim
meaning 1 stomach, abdomen
direction —
meaning 2 seat of emotion kitim kai ‘счастливый’, букв. ‘хороший живот’, kitim kit ‘печальный’, букв. ‘плохой живот’, kitim ralg ‘колеблющийся, сомневающийся’, букв. ‘два живота’
‘to ask one's conscience’, lit. ‘to ask one's stomach’
reference
comment Mercado L. 1988, 110-111 quoted from Беликов 1998, 93
NEW Realization 19 (ID: 44483)
type Polysemy
language Mota
lexeme tobwa-
meaning 1 belly
direction →
meaning 2 seat of emotions
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 184
comment
NEW Realization 20 (ID: 44513)
type Polysemy
language Pukapukan
lexeme manava
meaning 1 abdomen, belly, stomach
direction →
meaning 2 seat of emotions
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 186
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ACCEPTED Realization 21 (ID: 669)
type Polysemy
language Rapanui
lexeme manava
meaning 1 stomach, abdomen
direction →
meaning 2 seat of emotions manava more ‘горе, печаль’, manava mate ‘влюбленный’, ku-ká-á te manava ‘разгневанный, взбешенный’, he-kava te manava ‘озлобленный’,
‘person who in trouble stays calm and controls his or her behaviour and emotions', lit. ‘piece of stomach’
reference Englert
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NEW Realization 22 (ID: 44505)
type Polysemy
language Rennellese
lexeme manaba
meaning 1 abdomen
direction →
meaning 2 seat of emotions
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 186
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NEW Realization 23 (ID: 29752)
type Polysemy
language Sursurunga
lexeme bál
meaning 1 his abdomen
direction →
meaning 2 seat of emotions
reference Hutchisson and Hutchisson: 149
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ACCEPTED Realization 24 (ID: 2819)
type Polysemy
language Tahitian
lexeme ‘ā‘au
meaning 1 intestins, boyaux
direction →
meaning 2 coeur, ta‘ata ‘ā‘au maita‘i ‘добрый человек’, ta‘ata ‘ā‘au ‘ino ‘недоброжелатель’ [Lemaître,26], ha‘aputapū i te ‘ā‘au ‘тронуть ‘ā‘au’ [Lemaître,53], ‘ā‘au mā ‘чистый ‘ā‘au’ [Lemaître,66], te pōpou nei tō‘u ‘ā‘au ‘мой ‘ā‘au радуется’ [Lemaître,98],
‘he (lit. his ‘ā‘au) was excited expecting these joyful words’ [Lemaître, 101]
reference
comment Lemaître Y. Lexique de Tahitien contemporain. Paris. 1995
NEW Realization 25 (ID: 44526)
type Polysemy
language Takuu
lexeme manava
meaning 1 belly, entrails
direction →
meaning 2 seat of emotions
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 186
comment
NEW Realization 26 (ID: 52142)
type Polysemy
language Tigre
lexeme kabəd
meaning 1 belly
direction →
meaning 2 heart, interior

ʔakbud kušun ʔət ʔəntu


While the hearts (lit. bellies) burn with rage.
reference WTS: 412
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NEW Realization 27 (ID: 52143)
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme käbdi
meaning 1 stomach, belly
direction →
meaning 2 heart, centre

handäbät ʔab käbdäy gälä ṭoblaḥ bälänni


Suddenly something made an impression on my heart.
reference TED: 1635
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NEW Realization 28 (ID: 44522)
type Polysemy
language Tikopia
lexeme manava
meaning 1 belly, stomach; bowels
direction →
meaning 2 seat of emotions
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 186
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ACCEPTED Realization 29 (ID: 1778)
type Polysemy
language Toc Pisin
lexeme bel
meaning 1 stomach, abdomen
direction →
meaning 2 seat of emotion bel gut ‘счастливый’, букв. ‘хороший живот’, bel nogut ‘печальный’, букв. ‘плохой живот’, tu bel ‘колеблющийся, сомневающийся’, букв. ‘два живота’
‘ask one's conscience’, lit. ‘ask one's stomach’, bel klin ‘sincere’ lit. ‘clean stomach’, bel I hat ‘angry, hot-tempered‘, lit. ’hot stomach’
reference
comment Mercado L. 1988, 110-111 quoted from Беликов 1998, 93
NEW Realization 30 (ID: 44496)
type Polysemy
language Tolai (Kuanua)
lexeme bala-
meaning 1 abdomen
direction →
meaning 2 the intelligent and thinking part of man, the heart, mind
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 186
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NEW Realization 31 (ID: 44498)
type Polysemy
language Tongan
lexeme manava
meaning 1 belly, stomach
direction →
meaning 2 bowels as seat of affections
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 186
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ACCEPTED Realization 32 (ID: 3187)
type Polysemy
language Tundra Yukaghir
lexeme ньиҥиэ
meaning 1 stomach, abdomen
direction →
meaning 2 mood ньиҥиэ мэ лохнэй ‘настроение его приподнятое’, мэт эньиэ энгэнэҥ ньиҥиэги кэруойил, таатльэр ураалинь эл кэвэй-морийэнг ‘настроение часто падает у моей матери, поэтому учиться не поеду’
reference
comment ньиҥиэвэрвии- ‘to be sad, to grief, to worry’
NEW Realization 33 (ID: 31436)
type Polysemy
language Tunebo (Uwa)
lexeme urá
meaning 1 abdomen
direction →
meaning 2 mind
reference Headland 1997: 213-214
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NEW Realization 34 (ID: 44504)
type Polysemy
language Tuvaluan
lexeme manava
meaning 1 belly, entrails
direction →
meaning 2 seat of the emotions
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 186
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 35 (ID: 839)
type Polysemy
language Udmurt
lexeme кöт
meaning 1 stomach, abdomen
direction →
meaning 2 location of emotions кöт каньыл луыны ‘становится легче на душе’, кöт бöрдэ ’переживать’ (букв. ‘живот плачет’), кöт куректэ ‘переживать’ (букв. ‘живот жжет’), кöтэ кельше ‘прийтись по вкусу’ (букв. ‘в живот нравиться’)
reference Kirillova 2008: 330
comment Бусыгина 2009.
NEW Realization 36 (ID: 40353)
type Polysemy
language Wantoat
lexeme bänipma
meaning 1 abdomen
direction →
meaning 2 location of emotions
reference Davis, Dangepnana 2012: 23
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NEW Realization 37 (ID: 40529)
type Polysemy
language Wantoat
lexeme musiä
meaning 1 abdomen
direction →
meaning 2 location of emotions
reference Davis, Dangepnana 2012: 89
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NEW Realization 38 (ID: 29587)
type Polysemy
language Yir Yoront
lexeme ngerr
meaning 1 belly, stomach, abdomen
direction —
meaning 2 seat of emotions
reference Alpher 1991: 357-358
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