mother
→
smallpox
5 realizations
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Gondi | |
| lexeme | avval | |
| meaning 1 | mother goddess | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | smallpox goddess | |
| reference | Gondi Multilingual: 4 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kannada | |
| lexeme | amma | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | smallpox, chickenpox or measles | |
| reference | Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 51 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Malto (Sauria Paharia, references do not distinguish from Kumarbhag Paharia) | |
| lexeme 1 | aya | |
| lexeme 2 | ayadudu | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | smallpox | |
| reference | Mahapatra 1987: 5 | |
| comment | The lexeme is formed of aya "mother" and dudu - another word for "mother" | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | ammai | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | smallpox | |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 100 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Telugu | |
| lexeme 1 | amma | |
| lexeme 2 | ammatalli | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | goddess of smallpox | |
| reference | Gwynn Telugu Dictionary: 31 | |
| comment | 1) The lexeme "ammatalli" is a composition of amma "mother" and talli - meaning "mother" also. 2) There is another realisation - talli "chickenpox" (dial). Gwynn p. 231 | |