palm (body part)
→
handful
3 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Azerbaijani | |
| lexeme | ovuc | |
| meaning 1 | palm (inner part of hand) | ovucunda saxlamaq to hold in the hand |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | handful | bir ovuc buǧda a handful of wheat |
| reference | Azərbaycanca-rusca lüǧet 2006: 620 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme | атга (atɢa) | |
| meaning 1 | inner part of the hand, and its content | миний атгандахийг таа! Guess, what is in my hand? |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | few, small quantity | атга өвс тавиад морио яаж цатгах хүн бэ чи? How do you expect to feed a horse with just a handful of grass? |
| reference | BAMRS 2001-2002 | |
| comment | Actually, not the palm. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Microevolution | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | горсть | |
| meaning 1 | hollow of the hand, cupped hand | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | handful | |
| reference | Даль В.И. Толковый словарь живого великорусского языка | |
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