The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

ID	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

NEW Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Batsbi
lexeme		kortô
meaning 1	head
direction	→
meaning 2	headstream
reference		Bertlani (ed.) 2013: 388
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type		Polysemy
language		Bulgarian
lexeme		glava
meaning 1	head
meaning 2	source	глава на река source of the river
reference
comment		(Murzaev 1974: 134; Аркадьев 2002: 61)

NEW Realization 3
type		Polysemy
language		Buriat
lexeme		толгой
meaning 1	head
direction	→
meaning 2	headstream
reference		Čeremisov 1973: 425-426
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ACCEPTED Realization 4
type		Polysemy
language		English
lexeme		head
meaning 1	head
meaning 2	source (river)	The head of the Mississippi River is in Minnesota. Истоки Миссисипи находятся в штате Миннесота.
reference
comment		(Murzaev 1974: 134)

ACCEPTED Realization 5
type		Polysemy
language		Evenki
lexeme		дыл
meaning 1	head
meaning 2	source (river)
reference
comment		(Murzaev 1974: 134)

ACCEPTED Realization 6
type		Polysemy
language		Lak
lexeme		bak'
meaning 1	head
direction	→
meaning 2	source	неххал бакI source of the river
reference
comment		(Khajdakov 1962: 50; Murzaev 1974: 134)

NEW Realization 7
type		Polysemy
language		Thai
lexeme		ˈhǔa
meaning 1	head
direction	→
meaning 2	headstream
reference		Morev 1964: 831
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SUSPENDED Realization 8
type		Polysemy
language		Vietnamese
lexeme		нгуен
meaning 1	head
direction	—
meaning 2	source, spring, well, plain
reference
comment		(Murzaev 1974: 130)

ACCEPTED Realization 9
type		Polysemy
language		Yakut
lexeme		бас
meaning 1	head	баhым ыарыйда my head started aching
meaning 2	beginning, origin	үрэх баhа source of the river, headstream
reference
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