sphere; ball
→
testicle
8 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 41506) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | ball | |
| meaning 1 | solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass; object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (mildly vulgar, slang, usually in the plural) testicle | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 41501) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Gamilaraay | |
| lexeme | burugalaa | |
| meaning 1 | ball, ball game | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | testicles, balls | |
| reference | Ash et al. 2003: 49 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 41505) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Icelandic | |
| lexeme | böllur | |
| meaning 1 | (obsolete) ball | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (rare or archaic, vulgar) scrotum | |
| reference | ISLEX | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 41503) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Old Norse | |
| lexeme | bǫllr | |
| meaning 1 | round object, sphere, ball | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | testicle | |
| reference | Zoëga 1910 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 41504) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | boll | |
| meaning 1 | sphere; ball | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (colloquial, often in the plural) testicle | |
| reference | SAO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 41508) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Welsh | |
| lexeme | pellen | |
| meaning 1 | round(ish) object, ball, globe | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | testicle | |
| reference | Geiriadur | |
| comment | ||