mother thumb 9 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 20122)
type Derivation
language Batsbi
lexeme 1 nan
lexeme 2 nanṭarḳ
meaning 1 mother
direction
meaning 2 thumb
reference Bertlani (ed.) 2013: 184
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 37319)
type Derivation
language Brunei Malay
lexeme 1 ibu
lexeme 2 ibu jari
meaning 1 mother
direction
meaning 2 thumb
reference <personally collected data>
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 37318)
type Derivation
language Indonesian
lexeme 1 ibu
lexeme 2 ibu jari
meaning 1 mother
direction
meaning 2 thumb
reference SEALang Indonesia
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 37323)
type Derivation
language Khmer
lexeme 1 mee (មេ)
lexeme 2 mei day (មេដៃ)
meaning 1 mother
direction
meaning 2 thumb
reference SEAlang Khmer
comment

mother + hand/arm

ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 37317)
type Derivation
language Malay
lexeme 1 ibu
lexeme 2 ibu jari
meaning 1 mother
direction
meaning 2 thumb
reference SEALang Malay
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 37321)
type Polysemy
language Old Chinese
lexeme 1 *mɯʔ (母)
lexeme 2 *mɯʔ (拇)
meaning 1 mother
direction
meaning 2 thumb
reference <personally collected data>
comment

 Proto-Loloish *C-ma³ 'female suffix' , *C-ma³ 'thumb', *ʔəC-ma³ 'mother', Zhuang mehfwngz 'thumb', derived from meh 'mother'

Schuessler, Axel (2007). ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Standart Mandarin. Southwestern Mandarin. Cantonese Chinese mǔzhǐ (拇指) 'thumb'

ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 37322)
type Derivation
language Standard Zhuang
lexeme 1 meh
lexeme 2 mehfwngz
meaning 1 mother
direction
meaning 2 thumb
reference <personally collected data>
comment

 fwngz 'hand'

ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 37324)
type Derivation
language Thai
lexeme 1 mɛ̂ɛ (แม่)
lexeme 2 hǔua-mɛ̂ɛ-mʉʉ (หัวแม่มือ)
meaning 1 mother
direction
meaning 2 thumb
reference SEAlang Thai
comment 'head' + 'mother' + 'hand'
ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 37320)
type Derivation
language Vietnamese
lexeme 1 cái
lexeme 2 ngón tay cái
meaning 1 (obsolete) mother
direction
meaning 2 thumb
reference SEAlang Vietnamese
comment