hair
→
comet
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme 1 | κόμη | |
| lexeme 2 | κομήτης | |
| meaning 1 | hair | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | comet | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | short for ἀστὴρ κομήτης 'longhaired star' | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Armenian | |
| lexeme 1 | ges (գես) | |
| lexeme 2 | gisastġ (գիսաստղ) | |
| meaning 1 | hair | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | comet | |
| reference | Galstjan 1984 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme 1 | üstök | |
| lexeme 2 | üstökös | |
| meaning 1 | forelock, tuft (of hair); head of hair | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | comet | |
| reference | Zaicz 2006 MEK 1978 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Okinawan | |
| lexeme 1 | irigan (入り髪; いりがん) | |
| lexeme 2 | iriganbushi (入り髪星; いりがんぶし) | |
| meaning 1 | hairpiece | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | comet | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”), 1963 http://db3.ninjal.ac.jp/publication_db/item.php?id=100140005 Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary http://ryukyu-lang.lib.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/srnh/details.php?ID=SN01550 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Old English | |
| lexeme 1 | feax | |
| lexeme 2 | feaxede steorra | |
| meaning 1 | hair | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | comet | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Middle English faxed sterre, English (rare, dialectal) faxed star. | |