tail comet 31 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 21943)
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme zibbatu
meaning 1 tail
direction
meaning 2 comet's tail kakkabu ša ina panīšu ṣipra ina arkīšu KUN šaknu (Bab. 4 110:32 astrological)
a star which has a beak in front, a tail behind
reference CAD: z 102 AHw.: 1523
comment From the Proto-Semitic root *ḏanab- - tail (cf. SED I No. 64).
NEW Realization 2 (ID: 27253)
type Derivation
language Buriat
lexeme 1 hуул
lexeme 2 hуултэй одон
meaning 1 tail
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference Čeremisov 1973: 699-700
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 21906)
type Complex derivation
language Dutch
lexeme 1 staart + ster
lexeme 2 staartster
meaning 1 tail + star
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference Mironov 1987
comment
NEW Realization 4 (ID: 37593)
type Derivation
language Estonian
lexeme 1 saba
lexeme 2 sabatäht
meaning 1 tail
direction
meaning 2 (colloquial) comet
reference EKSS
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 21913)
type Complex derivation
language Finnish
lexeme 1 pyrstö + tähti
lexeme 2 pyrstötähti
meaning 1 tail + star
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference Vahros, Ščerbakov 2007
comment
NEW Realization 6 (ID: 52241)
type Complex derivation
language German
lexeme 1 Schweif + Stern
lexeme 2 Schweifstern
meaning 1 tail, trail + star
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference DWDS
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 21912)
type Derivation
language Gujarati
lexeme 1 pū̃chḍiyo (પૂંછડિયો)
lexeme 2 pū̃chḍiyo tāro (પૂંછડિયો તારો)
meaning 1 tail
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference <personally collected data>
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 21934)
type Derivation
language Hill Mari
lexeme 1 пач
lexeme 2 пачан шӹдӹр
meaning 1 tail
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference Savatkova 2008
comment 'tailed star'
ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 21911)
type Complex derivation
language Hindi
lexeme 1 pucchal (पुच्छल) + tārā (तारा)
lexeme 2 pucchal tārā (पुच्छल तारा)
meaning 1 tailed + star
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference <personally collected data>
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 21923)
type Complex derivation
language Icelandic
lexeme 1 hali + stjarna
lexeme 2 halastjarna
meaning 1 tail + star
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference ISLEX
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 21907)
type Complex derivation
language Indonesian
lexeme 1 berekor + bintang
lexeme 2 bintang berekor
meaning 1 tailed + star
direction
meaning 2 (colloquial) comet
reference KBBI
comment Probably calque from Dutch.
NEW Realization 12 (ID: 37589)
type Derivation
language Khmer
lexeme 1 kɑntuy (កន្ទុយ)
lexeme 2 phkaay doh kɑntuy (ផ្កាយដុះកន្ទុយ)
meaning 1 tail
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference SEAlang Khmer
comment

phkaay (ផ្កាយ) 'star', doh (ដុះ) 'to grow'

ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 21932)
type Derivation
language Komi
lexeme 1 бӧжа + кодзув
lexeme 2 бӧжа кодзув
meaning 1 tailed + star
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference Beznosikova et al. 2000
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 14 (ID: 21927)
type Derivation
language Lao
lexeme 1 hāng (ຫາງ) + dāo (ດາວ)
lexeme 2 dāo hāng (ດາວຫາງ)
meaning 1 tail + star
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference SEAlang Lao
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 21403)
type Derivation
language Malak-Malak
lexeme 1 wumu
lexeme 2 numurulwumuyen
meaning 1 tail
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference Lindsay et al. 2017: 104
comment numurulwumuyen = numurul 'star' + wumu 'tail' + suff.
NEW Realization 16 (ID: 37597)
type Derivation
language Malayalam
lexeme 1 vāl (വാൽ)
lexeme 2 vālnakṣatraṁ (വാൽനക്ഷത്രം)
meaning 1 tail
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference <personally collected data>
comment

'tail' + 'star'

ACCEPTED Realization 17 (ID: 22152)
type Derivation
language Mangareva
lexeme 1 vero
lexeme 2 ʔetuvero
meaning 1 tail of dog
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference POLLEX-Online
comment Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *waelo 'tail of animal or bird; long thin appendage'
ACCEPTED Realization 18 (ID: 22153)
type Derivation
language Marquesan
lexeme 1 veʔo
lexeme 2 hetu veʔo
meaning 1 queue d'un animal. d'un poisson, d'une comète
direction
meaning 2 comète
reference POLLEX-Online
comment Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *waelo 'tail of animal or bird; long thin appendage'
ACCEPTED Realization 19 (ID: 21935)
type Derivation
language Meadow Mari
lexeme 1 почан
lexeme 2 почаншӱдыр
meaning 1 tailed
direction
meaning 2 comet Почан шӱдыр нигунамат порым ок сӧрӧ. (Александр Юзыкайн)
A comet never bode well.
reference Marij jylme muter
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 20 (ID: 21910)
type Derivation
language Modern Written Arabic
lexeme 1 ḏanab- (ذَنَب)
lexeme 2 muḏannab- (مُذَنَّب)
meaning 1 tail
direction
meaning 2 comet

raʔas-u l-muḏannab-i


nucleus comet (lit. the head of comet)
reference Baranov: I 277
comment

Derived from the passive participle of ḏannaba (ذَنَّبَ) 'to punish smb.; to tail (a kite)' (II-stem).

ACCEPTED Realization 21 (ID: 21405)
type Derivation
language Mongolian (Khalkha)
lexeme 1 сүүл (sü:l)
lexeme 2 сүүлт од (sü:lt od)
meaning 1 tail
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference BAMRS 2001-2002
comment sü:lt od lit. with-tail star
ACCEPTED Realization 22 (ID: 21957)
type Derivation
language Slovenian
lexeme 1 rep
lexeme 2 repatíca
meaning 1 tail
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference SSKJ2
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 23 (ID: 21914)
type Derivation
language Tai Lue
lexeme 1 ḣaang + ḋaaw
lexeme 2 ḋaawḣaang
meaning 1 tail + star
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference <personally collected data>
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 24 (ID: 21915)
type Complex derivation
language Tai Nuea (Dehong)
lexeme 1 háang (ᥞᥣᥒᥴ) + laaw (ᥘᥣᥝ)
lexeme 2 láawhaang (ᥘᥣᥝᥞᥣᥒᥴ)
meaning 1 tail + star
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 25 (ID: 37592)
type Derivation
language Tamil
lexeme 1 vāl (வால்)
lexeme 2 vālveḷḷi (வால்வெள்ளி)
meaning 1 tail
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference Tamil lexicon
comment Also vālmīṉ (வால்மீன்) 'tailed star', vālnaṭcattiram (வால்நட்சத்திரம்) 'tailed star'.
ACCEPTED Realization 26 (ID: 21919)
type Derivation
language Telugu
lexeme 1 tōka
lexeme 2 tōkacukka
meaning 1 tail
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference Brown Telugu dictionary: 563
comment 'tail' + 'star'
ACCEPTED Realization 27 (ID: 21928)
type Derivation
language Thai
lexeme 1 hǎang (หาง)
lexeme 2 daao-hǎang (ดาวหาง)
meaning 1 tail
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference SEAlang Thai
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 28 (ID: 21916)
type Complex derivation
language Tho (Tày)
lexeme 1 hang + đao
lexeme 2 đao hang
meaning 1 tail + star
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference <personally collected data>
comment Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội.
ACCEPTED Realization 29 (ID: 21404)
type Derivation
language Turkish
lexeme 1 kuyruk
lexeme 2 kuyruklu yıldız
meaning 1 tail
direction
meaning 2 comet Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar'ın klâsiği olan "Kuyruklu yıldız altında bir izdivaç" romanını iki kez okudu.
He / She read Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar's classic novel "A marriage under a comet" twice.
reference Baskakov 1977: 578
comment kuyruklu yıldız lit. wıth-tail star
ACCEPTED Realization 30 (ID: 21933)
type Derivation
language Udmurt
lexeme 1 быжо
lexeme 2 быжокизили
meaning 1 tailed
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference Kirillova 2008
comment 'tailed star'
NEW Realization 31 (ID: 37591)
type Derivation
language Yoruba
lexeme 1 ìrù
lexeme 2 ìràwọ̀ onírù
meaning 1 tail
direction
meaning 2 comet
reference <personally collected data>
comment

From ìràwọ̀ 'star' +‎ oní- 'one who has' +‎ ìrù 'tail', literally 'A star with a tail'