hump (of a person or camel) → hill 13 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 5333)
type Polysemy
language Bashkir
lexeme үркәс (ürkäs)
meaning 1 hump (of animal)
direction →
meaning 2 two elevations on a mountain ridge
reference Axmerov K. et al. 1958
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ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 12107)
type Polysemy
language Dutch
lexeme bult
meaning 1 hump (of a person)
direction —
meaning 2 hummock
reference Mironov 1987: 144
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ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 12104)
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme hump
meaning 1 a rounded protuberance found on the back of a camel or other animal or as an abnormality on the back of a person
direction —
meaning 2 a rounded raised mass of earth or land
reference ODE
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ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 5336)
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme bosse
meaning 1 hump les bosses d'un chameau
camel humps
direction —
meaning 2 hillock, bump une petite bosse de terre fraîche
a small earth hummock
reference CNRTL
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ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 5335)
type Polysemy
language German
lexeme Buckel
meaning 1 hump
direction —
meaning 2 hillock, knoll, mound, bump
reference BNRSOL
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ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 12105)
type Polysemy
language Italian
lexeme gobba
meaning 1 hump (of a person or camel)
direction —
meaning 2 hillock, knoll, mound, bump
reference Zor'ko et al. 2002
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SUSPENDED Realization 7 (ID: 3642)
type Polysemy
language Modern Hebrew
lexeme tisosbal (?)
meaning 1 mountain
direction —
meaning 2 hill
reference
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ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 3785)
type Cognates
language 1 Old East Slavic
language 2 Old Prussian
lexeme 1 гърбъ (gŭrbŭ)
lexeme 2 garbis
meaning 1 hump
direction —
meaning 2 mountain
reference Toporov Prussian: 2, 158
comment Also Prussian toponyms Lulegarbis, Mantegarbs, Ladegarbe Anikin RES 11, 229
ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 8270)
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme gheb
meaning 1 hump
direction →
meaning 2 hill
reference DEX98
comment DRRS 1, 919, DEX98
NEW Realization 10 (ID: 52498)
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme cocoașă
meaning 1 hump (of a person or camel)

Cămilă cu două cocoașe


Two-humped camel
direction →
meaning 2 (figurative) hill or montaine

Coboară din cocoașa munților, Trepte cu trepte (Mihai Beniuc)

Cocoașele dealurilor ascundeau însă oțelul apei (Gala Galaction)



Descending from the humps of the mountains, step by step

The humps of the hills, however, concealed the steel-like water.

reference DEX98 DLRLC
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ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 3572)
type Polysemy
language Slovak
lexeme hrb
meaning 1 hump
direction —
meaning 2 hill, hillock, knoll, mound
reference SSJ: I, 520
comment Also Slovak hrba ' heap, pile'
ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 5334)
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme joroba
meaning 1 hump
direction —
meaning 2 hillock, knoll, mound (colloq.)
reference Narumov 1995: 450
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ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 12106)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme hörgüç
meaning 1 hump (of camel)
direction —
meaning 2 hummock, hillock, knoll
reference Jusipova 2005
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