head
—
forehead
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ngariman | |
| Lexeme | ngalaka | |
| Meaning 1 | forehead | |
| Meaning 2 | head | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Only 2 Australian languages have the polysemy of this type, and in many of them the cognates have one of the meanings (Wilkins 1996: 290-295). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Polish | |
| Language 2 | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | łеb | |
| Lexeme 2 | lob | |
| Meaning 1 | head (of an animal) | |
| Meaning 2 | forehead | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | The original meaning is apparently 'skull', cf. Czech. book. leb 'skull', Old Rus. лъбъ 'skull'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | mūrdhán | |
| Meaning 1 | head | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | forehead | |
| Reference | MW | |
| Comment | MW 826 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Yaqui (Hiaki) | |
| Lexeme 1 | kova | |
| Lexeme 2 | kovameheria | |
| Meaning 1 | head | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | forehead | |
| Reference | Dictionary Yaqui: 82-83 | |
| Comment | ||
Переход рассматривается в (Wilkins 1996: 290-295) как однонаправленный, при этом указывается, что в принципе он может оказаться и не однонаправленным. Разновидность перехода ЧАСТЬ-ЦЕЛОЕ.