bone
→
kinship
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | aṭənt | |
| Meaning 1 | bone | läwəššaw aṭənt səṭṭäw 'give the dog a bone!' (Leslau 1973:128) |
| Meaning 2 | origin, family | aṭənt yasfälləgal; 'descent from a good family (lit. 'bone') is necessary' (K 1339) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (K 1339). Cf. also Tigre ʕaṣəm 'bone; kinsman' (LH 491) | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Buriat | |
| Lexeme | яhа(н) | |
| Meaning 1 | bone | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | nation, tribe, clan | |
| Reference | Čeremisov 1973: 802 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| Lexeme 1 | yas | |
| Lexeme 2 | yastan | |
| Meaning 1 | bone | |
| Meaning 2 | nationality | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tuvan | |
| Lexeme | сөөк | |
| Meaning 1 | bone | |
| Meaning 2 | tribe, clan, nationality, people | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Possibly a Mongolian calque. | |
Ср. рус. белая кость.