Pisces
→
March
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Pali | |
| language 2 | Khmer | |
| lexeme 1 | mīna | |
| lexeme 2 | miinaa (មីនា) | |
| meaning 1 | fish, Pisces | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | March | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme 1 | miin (มีน) | |
| lexeme 2 | mii-naa-kom (มีนาคม) | |
| meaning 1 | Pisces | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | March | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | From miin (มีน) + aa-kom (อาคม) 'arrival'; literally 'arrival of the fish (Pisces)'; believed to have been coined by Thewawong Waropakan (1858–1923) together with Phraya Si Sunthon Wohan (Noi Acharayangkun) (1822–1891); first used officially in the edict of Rama V dated 1 April 1890. |
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