mother
→
thumb
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Vietnamese | |
| lexeme 1 | cái | |
| lexeme 2 | ngón tay cái | |
| meaning 1 | (obsolete) mother | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | thumb | |
| reference | SEAlang Vietnamese | |
| comment | ||