paper
→
book (n.)
7 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Guarani | |
| lexeme 1 | kuatia + ñe'ẽ | |
| lexeme 2 | kuatiañe'ẽ | |
| meaning 1 | paper + speech | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | book | |
| reference | Canese, Alcaraz 2016: 50, column 1 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Gurindji | |
| lexeme | mirlimirli | |
| meaning 1 | paper | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | book (n.) | |
| reference | World Loanword Database | |
| comment | Also 'letter (text)'. From Jaru mirlimirli 'paper', Tharrgari mirli 'paperbark tree' | |
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Nheengatu | |
| lexeme | papera | |
| meaning 1 | paper | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | book (n.) | |
| reference | Avila 2021: 578–579 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Old Tupian | |
| lexeme | papera | |
| meaning 1 | paper | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | book (n.) | |
| reference | Navarro 2013: XXXVI, column 1 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Pela (Bolo) | |
| lexeme | mau³¹sau³¹ | |
| meaning 1 | paper | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | book (n.) | |
| reference | Dai Qingxia 2007 | |
| comment | Borrowed from Jingpho maisau 'paper' |
|
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Rengma | |
| lexeme 1 | hlaʹar | |
| lexeme 2 | hlaʹar xằp | |
| meaning 1 | paper | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | book (n.) | |
| reference | Gregerson & Gregerson 2026: 157 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tzotzil | |
| lexeme | vun | |
| meaning 1 | paper | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | book (n.) | |
| reference | World Loanword Database | |
| comment | Also 'letter (text)', 'document', from the Proto-Mayan word for 'a type of bark (amate)' | |