thread
→
string (of a musical instrument)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | chʉ̂ʉak (เชือก) | |
| meaning 1 | thread | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | string (of a musical instrument) | |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | dâai (ด้าย) | |
| meaning 1 | thread | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | string (of a musical instrument) | |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | tel | |
| meaning 1 | thread | altın teller golden threads |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | string (of a musical instrument) | tambur teli the string of tambur. |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 843 | |
| comment | Most probably, original meaning of tel was 'hair'. 'hair' -> 'thread' -> string of a musical instrument. However, it is possible that there was not a intermediary of 'thread' and the shift was 'hair' -> 'string'. |
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