body
→
human, person
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Malayalam | |
| lexeme | mai | |
| meaning 1 | body | |
| meaning 2 | person | |
| reference | ||
| comment | There is the polysemy also in the language of Tulu. It goes back to the Proto-Dravidian *may 'body', in some languages there is only the word only with the meaning А (Wilkins 1996: 277). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Pitjantjatjara | |
| language 2 | Kukatja | |
| lexeme | puntu | |
| meaning 1 | body | |
| meaning 2 | person | |
| reference | ||
| comment | There are similar cognate in othe Australian languages (Wilkins 1996: 286). | |
Др. данные см. в (Wilkins 1996: 277, 286-287).