ring finger
—
index finger
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Malak-Malak | |
| Lexeme | ngenyilkyintjerik | |
| Meaning 1 | ring finger | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | index finger | |
| Reference | Lindsay et al. 2017: 111 | |
| Comment | Lit. finger + smaller. Both fingers are conceptualized as smaller fingers relative to the longest finger - the middle finger. | |