human, person
→
pupil (of an eye)
8 realizations
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Ancient Hebrew | |
| Lexeme 1 | ʔiš | |
| Lexeme 2 | ʔišon | |
| Meaning 1 | person | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pupil (lit. 'the little man') | |
| Reference | HALOT: root 453 | |
| Comment | Diminutive of ˀiš 'man' > lit. 'the little man (in the eye)', cf. Arb. ˀinsān al-ˁain, NPers. mardomak and ādamak, Sanskr. puruša, Eg. ḥwnt 'girl' (BASOR 34:18, HALOT root n. 453). | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Farsi | |
| Lexeme | mardomak (مردمک) | |
| Meaning 1 | little man | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pupil (of an eye) | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Fordata | |
| Lexeme 1 | tomatta | |
| Lexeme 2 | mata-n tomatta | |
| Meaning 1 | human, person | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pupil (of an eye) | |
| Reference | ACD | |
| Comment | ‘person of the eye’ |
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| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme 1 | hito (人) | |
| Lexeme 2 | hitomi (瞳) | |
| Meaning 1 | human, person | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pupil (of an eye) | |
| Reference | BJaRS | |
| Comment | mi (見) 'see' |
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| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Internal cognates | |
| Language | Tagalog | |
| Lexeme 1 | tao | |
| Lexeme 2 | balintatáw | |
| Meaning 1 | human, person | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pupil (of an eye) | |
| Reference | SEAlang Tagalog | |
| Comment | Derived from Proto-Philippine *tau-tau 'pupil (eye)', from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau Cau 'pupil of the eye', reduplication of *Cau 'person” |
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| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Thao | |
| Lexeme | thau | |
| Meaning 1 | person, human being; in particular, a Thao person | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pupil (of an eye) | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Internal cognates | |
| Language | Vietnamese | |
| Lexeme 1 | người | |
| Lexeme 2 | ngươi | |
| Meaning 1 | human being | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pupil (of an eye) | |
| Reference | SEAlang Vietnamese | |
| Comment | From Proto-Vietic *-ŋaːj, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *[]ŋaaj 'eye; pupil of an eye' and *[m]ŋaaj 'person, human being' Shorto, 2006 |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Yamdena | |
| Lexeme 1 | tomwate | |
| Lexeme 2 | mata-n tomwate | |
| Meaning 1 | human, person | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pupil (of an eye) | |
| Reference | ACD | |
| Comment | ‘person of the eye’ |
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