cowrie
→
lead, plumbum
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Palauan | |
| language 2 | Bontok | |
| lexeme 1 | búiʔ | |
| lexeme 2 | bulí | |
| meaning 1 | cowrie | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | lead, plumbum | |
| reference | ACD | |
| comment | Ilokano bulí 'lead; wharve, whorl; sinker (any of the pieces of lead or balls of earthenware that are attached to one of the sides of several kinds of fishing nets)', Isneg bulí 'lead; lead sinker of a fishing net', Ngadha vuli 'large cowrie shell used for war necklaces; the necklace itself', Rotinese fuli 'kind of shell; shells or bits of lead used as sinkers for a fishnet', Yamdena fuli 'kind of shellfish', Fordata vuli 'porcelain shell, egg cowrie'. | |
'courie' > 'a kind of cowrie used as sinkers for a fishnet' > 'pieces of lead used as sinkers for a fishnet' > 'lead'