twin
→
conjoined fruits
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Belarusan | |
| lexeme | блызнета | |
| meaning 1 | (dialect) twins | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | (dialect) conjoined ears | |
| reference | Usačeva 1999 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Bulgarian | |
| lexeme | близнаци | |
| meaning 1 | twin | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | conjoined ears | |
| reference | Usačeva 1999 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Catalan | |
| lexeme | bessó | |
| meaning 1 | twin | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | conjoined fruits that are usually separate | |
| reference | DIEC2 | |
| comment | Of unknown origin. Suggestions have included Proto-Indo-European *bekione 'double, partner', Latin *bissōne 'double', and a pre-Roman *bikione related to Basque biki 'twin', biko 'pair', and bikun 'double'. Compare Franco-Provençal besson, Occitan besson and Piedmontese bësson 'twin' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Dutch | |
| lexeme | tweeling | |
| meaning 1 | twin | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | conjoined fruits ("twee tezamen gegroeide vruchten") | |
| reference | HWNF | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kayan (of Borneo) | |
| lexeme | apir | |
| meaning 1 | twins | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | two bananas that have grown together | |
| reference | ACD | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mongondow | |
| lexeme | apid | |
| meaning 1 | twin | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | of fruit (e.g. two bananas grown together) | |
| reference | ACD | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | fɛ̀ɛt (แฝด) | |
| meaning 1 | twin | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | conjoined (fruits, flowers, eggs, etc) | |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | ||