light (n.)
→
electricity
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kichwa | |
| Lexeme | micha | |
| Meaning 1 | light (n.) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | electricity | |
| Reference | World Loanword Database | |
| Comment | From Spanish mecha 'wick' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Otomi | |
| Lexeme | tsibi | |
| Meaning 1 | light (n.) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | electricity | |
| Reference | World Loanword Database | |
| Comment | Also 'fire' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Otomi | |
| Lexeme | ñot | |
| Meaning 1 | light (n.) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | electricity | |
| Reference | World Loanword Database | |
| Comment | Also 'lamp' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | свет | |
| Meaning 1 | light (n.) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (colloquial) electricity | Счет за свет. Нам отключили свет на три часа. |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tzotzil | |
| Lexeme | lus | |
| Meaning 1 | light (n.) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | electricity | |
| Reference | World Loanword Database | |
| Comment | From Spanish luz 'light' | |