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 | ||
| NEW 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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