sister
→
Pleiades
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | sister | |
| lexeme 2 | Seven Sisters | |
| meaning 1 | sister | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Pleiades | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | zǐmèi (姊妹) | |
| lexeme 2 | Qī Zǐmèi xīngtuán (七姊妹星團) | |
| meaning 1 | elder sister and younger sister; sisters | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Pleiades | |
| reference | BKRS English Wiktionary | |
| comment | 'seven sisters star cluster' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | сестра | |
| lexeme 2 | Семь Сестёр | |
| meaning 1 | sister | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (dialect) Pleiades | |
| reference | Rut 2010: 98-99 | |
| comment | ||
in Greek mythology the Pleiades (Πλειάδες), seven divine sisters, the name supposedly deriving from that of their mother Pleione (Πληιόνη, Πλειόνη) and effectively meaning "daughters of Pleione"
Hyginus, De Astronomica 2.21, Pseud-Eratosthenes Καταστερισμοί 23, Aratus Phenomena 262-263