head
→
source (of a river)
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | head | |
| lexeme 2 | headwaters | |
| meaning 1 | part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | the source of a river, the set of streams that feed into the river's beginning | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Galician | |
| lexeme 1 | cabeza | |
| lexeme 2 | cabeceira | |
| meaning 1 | head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | headwaters | |
| reference | DRAG | |
| comment | From Old Galician-Portuguese cabeçeira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Malay | |
| lexeme | hulu | |
| meaning 1 | head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | upstream, inland | |
| reference | SEALang Malay | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Molima | |
| lexeme | ʔunu-ʔunu- | |
| meaning 1 | head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (river) source | |
| reference | Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 101 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Portuguese | |
| lexeme 1 | cabeça | |
| lexeme 2 | cabeceira | |
| meaning 1 | head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | source of a river | |
| reference | DILP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme 1 | cabeza | |
| lexeme 2 | cabecera | |
| meaning 1 | head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | headwaters | |
| reference | DRAE | |
| comment | ||