kite
→
kite (lightweight toy)
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Burmese | |
| lexeme | sù̃ (စွန်) | |
| meaning 1 | kite | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | kite (lightweight toy) | |
| reference | SEAlang Burmrse | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Catalan | |
| lexeme 1 | milà | |
| lexeme 2 | milotxa | |
| meaning 1 | kite | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | kite (lightweight toy) | |
| reference | DIEC2 | |
| comment | milà from Vulgar Latin *mīlvānus, derived from Latin mī̆lvus 'kite' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | kite | |
| meaning 1 | kite | The milvus, or kite, is a native of Europe, Asia, and Africa. […] Its motion in the air distinguishes it from all other birds, being so smooth and even that it is scarcely perceptible. (1816, G[eorge] Gregory; [Jeremiah Joyce], “FALCO”, in A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. [...] In Three Volumes. […], volume II, 1st American edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Published by Isaac Peirce, […], sold also by Coale and Maxwell, […], and James F. Shores, […]; Dennis Heartt, printer) |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | kite (lightweight toy) | On windy spring days, we would fly kites. |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Khmer | |
| lexeme | klaeŋ (ខ្លែង) | |
| meaning 1 | kite - a bird of prey (Mildus govinda), generic term for various birds of prey, e.g. hawk, kite, eagle | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | kite (lightweight toy) | |
| reference | SEAlang Khmer | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Vietnamese | |
| lexeme | diều | |
| meaning 1 | kite; milvus | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | kite (lightweight toy) | Trên cánh diều có đề bài thơ. There was a poem written on the kite |
| reference | SEAlang Vietnamese | |
| comment | ||