hoof
→
<money>
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lao | |
| Lexeme | kīp (ກີບ) | |
| Meaning 1 | hoof | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | kip (Lao currency) | |
| Reference | SEAlang Lao | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Thai | |
| Lexeme | gìip (กีบ) | |
| Meaning 1 | hoof | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att | |
| Reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| Comment | ||
The sense of currency is from that of a hoof, because ingots of sycee cast in the shapes of hooves were used as currency.
Silver sycee (Johann Jacob Weber (Hrsg.), 1803–1880 - Illustrirte Zeitung, Nr. 6 vom 5. August 1843, J. J. Weber, Leipzig 1843. MDZ München)
During the Western Han dynasty (206 BC – 9 AD) in China there were hoof-shaped gold ingot known as "Horse Hoof Gold" (Chinese mǎtí(jīn) 馬蹄金).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycee