liver
→
spleen (anat.)
10 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Fijian | |
| Lexeme 1 | ate | |
| Lexeme 2 | ate balavu | |
| Meaning 1 | liver | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | spleen (anat.) | |
| Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Hawaiian | |
| Lexeme 1 | ake | |
| Lexeme 2 | ake loa | |
| Meaning 1 | liver | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | spleen (anat.) | |
| Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Hill Mari | |
| Lexeme 1 | мокш | |
| Lexeme 2 | тылыкмокш | |
| Meaning 1 | liver | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | spleen (anat.) | |
| Reference | Savatkova 2008 | |
| Comment | 'orphan liver' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Internal cognates | |
| Language | Indonesian | |
| Lexeme | limpa | |
| Meaning 1 | (in some regions) liver | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | spleen (anat.) | |
| Reference | SEALang Indonesia | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Borrowing | |
| Language 1 | Italian | |
| Language 2 | Albanian | |
| Lexeme 1 | milza | |
| Lexeme 2 | mëlçi | |
| Meaning 1 | liver | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | spleen (anat.) | |
| Reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| Comment | Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, 259 |
|
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Kazakh | |
| Lexeme 1 | бауыр | |
| Lexeme 2 | көк бауыр | |
| Meaning 1 | liver | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | spleen (anat.) | |
| Reference | Syzdykova, Xusain (eds.) 2008: 136-137 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Niuean | |
| Lexeme 1 | ate | |
| Lexeme 2 | ate loa | |
| Meaning 1 | liver | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | spleen (anat.) | |
| Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Somali | |
| Lexeme 1 | beer | |
| Lexeme 2 | beeryaro(-da), beeryar(-ta) | |
| Meaning 1 | liver | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | spleen (anat.) | |
| Reference | Alejnikov 2012: 34 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Tommo So | |
| Lexeme 1 | kíndɛ | |
| Lexeme 2 | kíndɛ pààràá | |
| Meaning 1 | liver | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | spleen (anat.) | |
| Reference | McPherson 2009: 172-173 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Tundra Yukaghir | |
| Lexeme 1 | альаайэ(ң) | |
| Lexeme 2 | льукульаайэ | |
| Meaning 1 | liver | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | spleen (anat.) | |
| Reference | Kurilov 2001: 35, 226 | |
| Comment | ||
Spleen as 'long liver'. The metaphor appears to be pre-Proto-Polynesian.