thumb
→
unit of length
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Dutch | |
| lexeme | duim | |
| meaning 1 | thumb | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | inch | |
| reference | HWNF | |
| comment | From Middle Dutch dume, from Old Dutch *thūmo, from Proto-West Germanic *þūmō, from Proto-Germanic *þūmô. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | hüvelyk | |
| meaning 1 | thumb | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | unit of length, one-twelfth of a foot, approx. 25–27 mm | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | https://www.arcanum.com/hu/online-kiadvanyok/Lexikonok-a-magyar-nyelv-ertelmezo-szotara-1BE8B/h-2E554/huvelyk-31828/ |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Maori | |
| lexeme | kōnui | |
| meaning 1 | thumb | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | thumb width - traditional measurement from the tip to the knuckle of the thumb | |
| reference | MD | |
| comment | ||