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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |