surface of water
→
mirror
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Bughotu (Bugotu) | |
| lexeme | tiro | |
| meaning 1 | pool | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mirror | |
| reference | ACD | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Grass Koiarj | |
| lexeme | vidori | |
| meaning 1 | reflective pool of water | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mirror | |
| reference | Dutton 2003: 205 | |
| comment | Formerly pools of water, but especially rock pools, were used as mirrors when dressing up for dancing |
|
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Kombio | |
| lexeme 1 | mpep | |
| lexeme 2 | mpep muati | |
| meaning 1 | water | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mirror | |
| reference | Farr: 100 | |
| comment | 'water image' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kwaio | |
| lexeme | ilo-nunu | |
| meaning 1 | reflecting pool | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mirror | |
| reference | ACD | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lau (Malaita island) | |
| lexeme | iro-iro | |
| meaning 1 | a translucent pool, still and clear | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | looking glass | |
| reference | ACD | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Narak | |
| lexeme 1 | nu | |
| lexeme 2 | numiñmáñ | |
| meaning 1 | water | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | reflection in water, mirror | |
| reference | Hainsworth et al. 2019: 530 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tolai (Kuanua) | |
| lexeme | tiro-ā | |
| meaning 1 | a pool on the surface of which a scum was created with the leaves of the kadaka-dolo, used as a mirror | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mirror | |
| reference | ACD | |
| comment | ||
Proto-Oceanic *tiro, *ti-tiro 'to look, gaze; to look at, watch; look for; water used as a mirror'.
Compare English reflecting pool, French miroir d'eau, German Reflexionsbecken in landscape architecture and garden design.
Russian зеркало вод, зеркало водоёма '(physical geography) water surface of rivers, lakes and other bodies of water, as well as the upper boundary of groundwater' (Щукин И. С. Четырехъязычный энциклопедический словарь терминов по физической географии. М. 1980. С. 161)