sister
→
Pleiades
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | 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 | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Gamilaraay | |
| lexeme 1 | bariyan | |
| lexeme 2 | Bariyan Ngama | |
| meaning 1 | younger sister | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Pleiades | |
| reference | Ash et al. 2003: 34 | |
| comment | From bariyan (younger sister) and ngama (father’s sister); the name may be just bariyan. This is rare, the common name is miyaymiyaay. |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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