fruit
→
sphere; ball
2 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Irish Gaelic | |
| lexeme | úll | |
| meaning 1 | apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | globular object, ball | |
| reference | Ó Dónaill 1977 | |
| comment | From Middle Irish uball, from Old Irish ubull (compare Scottish Gaelic ubhal), from Proto-Celtic *abūl (compare Welsh afal), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl (compare English apple, Lithuanian obuolỹs). |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | lûuk (ลูก) | |
| meaning 1 | fruit | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ball, round object | |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | Probably 'child' > 'fruit' > 'round object'. From Proto-Tai *lɯ:kᴰ 'child (offspring)'. Cognate with Lao lūk (ລູກ), Lü luuk (ᦟᦴᧅ), Shan lūk (လုၵ်ႈ), Tai Nüa luk (ᥘᥧᥐ), Bouyei leg, Zhuang lwg. Within Kra-Dai, compare Sui laag 'son', Proto-Hlai *hlɯːk 'child; offspring' and Proto-Be *ləːkᴰ² 'child; offspring' |
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