tin (n.)
→
tin, can
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | tin | |
| Meaning 1 | malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, Britain) An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food. | a tin of baked beans |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Gawwada (Ale) | |
| Lexeme | k’ork’orro | |
| Meaning 1 | tin or tinplate | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | tin, can | |
| Reference | World Loanword Database | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hausa | |
| Lexeme | gwángwáníi | |
| Meaning 1 | tin or tinplate | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | tin, can | |
| Reference | World Loanword Database | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hawaiian | |
| Lexeme | kini | |
| Meaning 1 | tin (n.) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | tin, can | |
| Reference | World Loanword Database | |
| Comment | From English | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kanuri | |
| Lexeme | góngóng | |
| Meaning 1 | tin (n.) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | tin, can | |
| Reference | World Loanword Database | |
| Comment | From Hausa | |