ear → eye of a needle 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme ğoro
meaning 1 'ear' dəmmät ḳäṭ yalä ğoro allat
'A cat has pointed ears' (Leslau 1973:367)
meaning 2 'handle (of a cup, ewer, crock or basin); eye (of a needle)' ' yäsənni ğoro
'cup handle'
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comment K 1858
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Bezhta
lexeme ʔaˁnʁaˁ
meaning 1 ear
meaning 2 eye of a needle, horn shaped part of a plough
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 ухо
lexeme 2 ушко
meaning 1 ear
direction →
meaning 2 eye of a needle
reference BTS
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