sorghum
→
maize
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Hanunoo | |
| language 2 | Kedang | |
| lexeme 1 | bátad | |
| lexeme 2 | watar | |
| meaning 1 | sorghum, a coarse annual grass, cultivated as a cereal (Andropogon sorghum Linn. Brot.) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | maize | |
| reference | ACD | |
| comment | Proto Malayo-Polynesian *batad 'millet or sorghum sp.', West Malayo-Polynesian 'sorghum' or 'millet', Central Malayo-Polynesian 'maize': Cebuano batád 'sorghum, kind of coarse grass used for forage: Andropogon sorghum', Maranao bantad 'Sorghum vulgare pers. - barley-like plant', Makassarese bataraʔ 'millet sp.', Kambera wataru 'maize', Tetun batar 'maize'. | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Kazakh | |
| lexeme 1 | акжүгерi | |
| lexeme 2 | жүгерi | |
| meaning 1 | sorghum | |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | maize | |
| reference | Syzdykova, Xusain (eds.) 2008: 44, 345 | |
| comment | ||
Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. = Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench