stomach → pelvis 1 realization Unique
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme havsala
meaning 1 stomach

havsala kemiği


pelvis bone
direction →
meaning 2 pelvis




reference Baskakov 1977: 394
comment

The word is borrowed from Arabian ḥawṣalat حوصلة 'stomach' and thus the original meaning is probably 'stomach', not the 'pelvis'.
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