man (male)
→
soldier
3 realizations
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kurux | |
| lexeme | ālas | |
| meaning 1 | adult man | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | soldier | |
| reference | Oraon-English Dictionary: 15 | |
| comment | This lexeme also has meaning "husband", "servant", "friend". | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme | shì (士) | |
| meaning 1 | (obsolete) (honorific) man | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (obsolete) soldier; noncommissioned officer | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | er | |
| meaning 1 | man | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | soldier, private | usta er experienced soldier |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 275 | |
| comment | Not the main word for the man or for the soldier. Historically the basic Turkic word for man. | |