spot, stain → place 3 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Derivation
language Classical Arabic
lexeme 1 ʔabḳaʕ-
lexeme 2 buḳʕat-
meaning 1 black and white
direction —
meaning 2 lot, land fī kull-I buḳʕat-in
in any place, anywhere
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comment Lane 235, BK I 150. Lexeme buḳʕat- apparently originally meant 'a stain', cf. Contexts where meanings A and B are combined: fī l-ʔarḍ-I buḳaʕ-u min nabt-in 'in the land are small portions of herbage'
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme spot
meaning 1 spot (НБАРС 331) spot of mud
spot of mud (НБАРС 331)
meaning 2 place, region, district to investigate on the spot
to investigate on the spot
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language German
lexeme Fleck
meaning 1 spot [НЕМ 321] einen Fleck entfernen, auswaschen [Duden 1256]
to remove a stain
meaning 2 place (colloq.) [НЕМ 321] ich stehe schon eine Studne auf demselben Fleck [Duden 1256]
I have been standing on the same spot for an hour
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