destiny
→
life
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Itelmen | |
| Lexeme | соњԓэс | |
| Meaning 1 | destiny | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | life | |
| Reference | PIRS: 244 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme | inochi (命) | |
| Meaning 1 | destiny | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | life | |
| Reference | BJaRS | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme | mei (命) | |
| Meaning 1 | destiny | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | life | |
| Reference | BJaRS | |
| Comment | From Middle Chinese mjæng (命) |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Korean | |
| Lexeme | myeong (명) | |
| Meaning 1 | fate; destiny | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | life | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | mìng (命) | |
| Meaning 1 | destiny | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | life | |
| Reference | BKRS | |
| Comment | Related to Old Chinese *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs (令) 'to
order; to command; order' (Wang, 1982). Both may be derived from Old
Chinese *meŋ (名) 'name': 'name' > 'to name; to give (a name to)' (命)
> 'to order; to command' > 'order; command' > 'destiny; fate;
lot' > 'life' (Schuessler, 2007). Wang, Li (王力) (1982). 《同源字典》 (Dictionary of Word Families). Beijing: Commercial Press Schuessler, Axel (2007). ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Vietnamese | |
| Lexeme | mệnh | |
| Meaning 1 | (rare, literary) fate | Mệnh trời khó cưỡng. It's not easy to resist fate |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | (uncommon) life | |
| Reference | SEAlang Vietnamese English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | 'life' more common is mạng, the Southern Vietnamese form from the same Chinese origin |
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