mother
→
queen (termites and ants)
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
3378 | mother | → | queen (bee) | Open |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Tamil | |
Lexeme 1 | tāy | |
Lexeme 2 | tāykkaṟaiyāṉ | |
Meaning 1 | mother | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | queen (termites) | |
Reference | Tamil lexicon: 1839 | |
Comment | Meaning 2: Queen ant, found in every nest of termites, regarded as procreative of the whole. |