North
→
Big Dipper (Ursa Major)
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Cantonese Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | bak1 (北) | |
| lexeme 2 | bak1 dau2 cat1 sing1 (北斗七星) | |
| meaning 1 | North | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Big Dipper | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Japanese | |
| lexeme 1 | hoku (北) | |
| lexeme 2 | Hokuto Shichisei (北斗七星) | |
| meaning 1 | North | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Big Dipper | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Jin Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | bei2-1 (北) | |
| lexeme 2 | bei2-1 dou2 qieh4-5 xing1 (北斗七星) | |
| meaning 1 | North | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Big Dipper | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Komi | |
| lexeme 1 | вой | |
| lexeme 2 | Вой кодзув | |
| meaning 1 | North | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (dialect) Big Dipper | |
| reference | KSK | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | běi (北) | |
| lexeme 2 | Běidǒu Qīxīng (北斗七星) | |
| meaning 1 | North | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Big Dipper | |
| reference | BKRS English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||