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 | |