bird
→
airplane
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ekoka !Xung (North-Central Ju) | |
| lexeme | čʼám | |
| meaning 1 | bird | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | airplane | |
| reference | König & Heine 2008: 67 GLD | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Naro | |
| lexeme | càˤrá | |
| meaning 1 | bird | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | airplane | |
| reference | Visser 2001: 99 GLD | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Quechua | |
| lexeme 1 | pisqu | |
| lexeme 2 | lata pisqu | |
| meaning 1 | bird | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | airplane | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | 'metal bird' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swahili | |
| lexeme | ndege | |
| meaning 1 | bird | Ndege mdogo huwa na sentimita 5 tu na ndege mkubwa ana urefu wa mita mbili na nusu. The smallest bird is only 5 inches long and the largest bird is two and a half meters long. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | airplane | Katika kuiletea nchi yetu pesa zaidi za kigeni, utalii unafuatwa na kahawa, na kwa sababu wengi wa watalii hawa husafiri kwa ndege kuja Kenya, kuna haja kubwa sana ya kutiliwa mkazo zaidi shughuli za safari za ndege ili kuimarisha utalii. To bring our country more foreign currency, tourism is associated with coffee, and because many of these tourists travel by plane to Kenya, it's very important to stress travel by plane in order to strengthen tourism. |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | 'airplane' also: ndege Ulaya 'bird Europe' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tima (Domorik, Lomorik) | |
| lexeme | ɕı̀=hɔ́ːk | |
| meaning 1 | bird | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | airplane | |
| reference | Schneider-Blum 2013: 137 Alamin 2012: 34 GLD | |
| comment | ||
Dagik (Masakin) ŋ=ùmànd̪í 'bird', 'rocket' (Schadeberg 1981, 20; Vanderelst 2016, 252; GLD)
Schadeberg, Thilo. A Survey of Kordofanian. Volume Two: The Talodi Group. Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag.
Vanderelst, John. A Grammar of Dagik, a Kordofanian Language of Sudan. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.