tears
—
spit, saliva
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Buriat | |
| lexeme | нёлбоhон | |
| meaning 1 | tears | нёлбоһотой нюдэн eyes with tears |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | spit, saliva | хүйһэндөө нёлбожо хэбтэхэ to do nothing (lit. to lie and spit on your own navel) |
| reference | Šagdarov, Čeremisov 2010: 601 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Dagur | |
| lexeme | нёмбус | |
| meaning 1 | tears | нёмбус чоорьгу to weep, to cry (to drop tears) |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | spit, saliva | нёмбус чоорьгу to drop saliva |
| reference | Тумурдэй Цыбенов Краткий дагурско-русский словарь: 123 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Internal cognates | |
| language | Khamnigan Mongol | |
| lexeme 1 | nilbusan, nilbusun | |
| lexeme 2 | nilbu:r | |
| meaning 1 | tears | хоёр нидүни нилбусаар бүтэсэн His two eyes filled with tears |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | spittoon, a vessel for collecting saliva | үбүчин күндэ нилбуур табигты Please, give the patient a spittoon |
| reference | Damdinov, Sundueva 2015: 217 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Internal cognates | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme 1 | нулимс | |
| lexeme 2 | нулимах | |
| meaning 1 | tears | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to spit | |
| reference | BAMRS 2001-2002 | |
| comment | ||