nest (n.)
—
afterbirth, placenta
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kayan (of Borneo) | |
| lexeme | halah | |
| meaning 1 | nest (n.) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | placenta | |
| reference | ACD | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Khaling | |
| language 2 | Lepcha | |
| lexeme 1 | jaŋ | |
| lexeme 2 | a-jeŋ-tjol, a-jeŋ-čot | |
| meaning 1 | nest (n.) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | placenta | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Proto-Sino-Tibetan *jaŋ, Dumi ɨjō 'nest', Kulung jɔ̄ŋ 'nest, spider web', Yamphu jaŋsaŋ 'place to lodge', 'nest, habitation of a bird', Burmese ă-khjaŋh 'placenta' A comparative database of Sino-Tibetan languages, based on Peiros-Starostin 1996 https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=config&morpho=0&basename=\data\sintib\stibet&first=1 STEDT 291-292 *k-yaŋ (also listing Chepang khojoŋ, Magari kojo, Tamang khjaŋ 'cradle') |
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