face → conscience, scruples 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Adyghe
lexeme nape
meaning 1 face ащ ынапэ шъорыогу
he has a freckled face
direction →
meaning 2 conscience ащ ынапэ къабзэ
He has an evil conscience
reference
comment АдРС 222
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Mandarin Chinese
lexeme 脸 / liǎn
meaning 1 face 长脸 / cháng liǎn
long face, sad face
direction →
meaning 2 reputation, conscience 丢脸 / diū liǎn
to be disgraced, to compromise oneself, to be ashamed ("to lose one's face")
reference BKRS
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Tuvan
lexeme арын-нүүр
meaning 1 face
meaning 2 conscience 1) арын-нүүр чок
1) unscrupulous. 2) to have scruples
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