paper
→
book (n.)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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)' | |