net (n.)
→
retina
11 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Armenian | |
Lexeme 1 | cʿancʿ (ցանց) | |
Lexeme 2 | cʿancʿeni (ցանցենի) | |
Meaning 1 | net, toils, network | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | (rare) retina | |
Reference | Galstjan 1984 | |
Comment | Also cʿancʿatʿałantʿ (ցանցաթաղանթ) 'retina' from cʿancʿ (ցանց) + tʿałantʿ (թաղանթ) 'film, membrane' |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Croatian | |
Lexeme 1 | mreža | |
Lexeme 2 | mrežnica | |
Meaning 1 | net, toils, network | ribarska mreža fishing net |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | retina | |
Reference | HJP | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Czech | |
Lexeme 1 | síť | |
Lexeme 2 | sítnice | |
Meaning 1 | net, toils, network | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | retina | |
Reference | SSJČ | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Finnish | |
Lexeme 1 | verkko | |
Lexeme 2 | verkkokalvo | |
Meaning 1 | net, toils, network | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | retina | |
Reference | Vahros, Ščerbakov 2007 | |
Comment | kalvo 'membrane' |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Latvian | |
Lexeme 1 | tīkls | |
Lexeme 2 | tīklene | |
Meaning 1 | net, toils, network | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | retina | |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Macedonian | |
Lexeme 1 | мрежа | |
Lexeme 2 | мрежница | |
Meaning 1 | net, toils, network | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | retina | |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
Lexeme 1 | 网 (wǎng) | |
Lexeme 2 | 视网膜 (shìwǎngmó) | |
Meaning 1 | net, toils, network | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | retina ("vision-net-membrane") | |
Reference | BKRS | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Medieval Latin | |
Lexeme 1 | rete | |
Lexeme 2 | retina | |
Meaning 1 | net, toils, network | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | retina | |
Reference | Harper's Etymonline | |
Comment | ellipsis of tunica rētīna 'net-like tunic', used to describe the blood vessel system at the back of the eye. The phrase is attested in the 12th century in Gerard of Cremona — the latter may have created this phrase as a translation for Arabic طَبَقَة شَبَكِيَّة (ṭabaqa šabakiyya) 'net-like' layer", which translates Ancient Greek ἀμφιβληστροειδής χῐτών |
ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Polish | |
Lexeme 1 | siatka | |
Lexeme 2 | siatkówka | |
Meaning 1 | diminutive of sieć 'net' | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | retina | |
Reference | WSJP | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme 1 | сеть | |
Lexeme 2 | сетчатка | |
Meaning 1 | net, toils, network | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | retina | |
Reference | BTS | |
Comment | сеть → сетчатый → сетчатка |
ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Serbian | |
Lexeme 1 | мрежа (mreža) | |
Lexeme 2 | мрежњача (mrežnjača) | |
Meaning 1 | net, toils, network | паукова мрежа spider web |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | retina | Vitamin A je gradivni element mrežnjače, esencijalnog dela našeg oka, koje igra nezamenljivu ulogu u procesu percepcije svetla. Vitamin A is a constructional element of retina, significant part of our eyes which plays important part in the process of light perception. |
Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 736-737 | |
Comment | Example for meaning 2: CLARIN.SI |