ink
→
cuttlefish
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Khmer | |
| Lexeme | mɨk (មឹក) | |
| Meaning 1 | ink | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | cuttlefish | |
| Reference | SEAlang Khmer | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Borrowing | |
| Language 1 | Old Chinese | |
| Language 2 | Lao | |
| Lexeme 1 | *mlɯːɡ (墨) | |
| Lexeme 2 | mưk (ຫມຶກ) | |
| Meaning 1 | ink | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | squid | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Thai | |
| Lexeme | ˈmʉ̀k | |
| Meaning 1 | ink | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cuttlefish | |
| Reference | Morev 1964: 814 | |
| Comment | From Old Chinese 墨 'ink' (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.mˤək/ (Zhengzhang): /*mlɯːɡ/ | |
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme 1 | mürekkep | |
| Lexeme 2 | mürekkepbalığı | |
| Meaning 1 | ink | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cuttlefish | |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 657 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Vietnamese | |
| Lexeme | mực | |
| Meaning 1 | ink | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | squid | |
| Reference | SEAlang Vietnamese | |
| Comment | ||
Old Chinese loanword *mlɯːɡ (墨) 'ink' in some Southeast Asian languages.