right (vs. left)
→
South
10 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Bilba (Rotinese) | |
| lexeme | kona | |
| meaning 1 | right (vs. left) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | South | |
| reference | ACD | |
| comment | Proto-Austronesian *ka-wanaN 'right (side, hand, direction)' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Bit (Pusing) | |
| lexeme | su sam | |
| meaning 1 | right (vs. left) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | south | |
| reference | IDS | |
| comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Breton | |
| lexeme | dehou, dehow | |
| meaning 1 | the right side | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | southern | |
| reference | Matasović: 97 | |
| comment | Old Breton dehou, Middle Breton deho, dechou. Proto-Celtic *dexs(i)wo- 'right, south' from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-wo- 'right'. The meaning 'south' is derived from the main principle of orientation in the Celtic and IE tradition, by facing the rising sun | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Cornish | |
| lexeme | dehow, dyghow | |
| meaning 1 | right (vs. left) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | south | |
| reference | Matasović: 97 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Old Irish | |
| lexeme | dess | |
| meaning 1 | right (vs. left) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | south | |
| reference | Matasović: 97 | |
| comment | Modern Irish Gaelic deas 'south, southerly, to the south' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Old Welsh | |
| lexeme | dehau, deheu | |
| meaning 1 | right (vs. left) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | south | |
| reference | Matasović: 97 | |
| comment | Modern Welsh dehau, de | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Oromo | |
| lexeme | mirga | |
| meaning 1 | right | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | south | |
| reference | ||
| comment | (Gragg 287-288); dialect of Wallaga (in other dialects probably the same word is used for other cardinal points, cf. ibid.) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sanskrit | |
| lexeme | dakṣiṇa | |
| meaning 1 | right (not left) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | south, southern (as being on the right side of a person looking eastward), situated to the south, turned or directed southward | |
| reference | MW: 465 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Scottish Gaelic | |
| lexeme | deas | |
| meaning 1 | right (side) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | South, southern | |
| reference | Dwelly 1911 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tangale | |
| lexeme | sànùwa | |
| meaning 1 | right (vs. left) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | south | |
| reference | Kraft 1981 | |
| comment | CLICS-3 | |
Orientation type facing east