mother
—
female breast
11 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | μάμμη | |
| meaning 1 | mother | “ὦ μάμμη” Pherecr.70, cf. Men. Sam.28; “Σισύφου ὦ μ.” AP11.67 (Myrin.), cf. Epicur.Fr.176. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | mother's breast | Arr.Epict.2.16.43. |
| reference | LSJ | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Dutch | |
| lexeme | mamma | |
| meaning 1 | mother (alternative spelling of mama 'mother') | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | female breast | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hausa | |
| lexeme | màma | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | female breast | |
| reference | Awde 1996: 114 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Indonesian | |
| lexeme | mama | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | female breast | |
| reference | KBBI | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | mamma | |
| meaning 1 | (childish) mother | Cum cibum ac potionem buas ac papas vocent, matrem mammam, patrem tatam. Since children call food and drink bua and papa, mother mamma and father tata. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | female breast | Puero isti da mammam. Give that boy of yours your breast |
| reference | Lewis, Short | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Portuguese | |
| lexeme | mama | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | female breast | Meanings: mother, milk, female breast; udder |
| reference | Feerštejn, Starec 2005: 523 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | mama | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | female breast | |
| reference | DRAE | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Utu | |
| lexeme | awa | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | female breast | |
| reference | Z'graggen 1980 TransNewGuinea.org CLICS-3 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Valencian | |
| lexeme | mama | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | female breast | |
| reference | Diccionaru Normatiu Valencia CLICS-3 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Warluwarra | |
| lexeme | ngama | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | female breast | |
| reference | Bowern, Atkinson 2012 CLICS-3 | |
| comment | ||