tongue (body part) + <animal> plantain (Plantago) 6 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
NEW Realization 1 (ID: 45728)
type Complex derivation
language Ancient Greek
lexeme 1 γλῶσσα + ἀρήν
lexeme 2 ἀρνόγλωσσον
meaning 1 tongue (body part) + lamb
direction
meaning 2 plantain (Plantago)
reference DGE LSJ
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NEW Realization 2 (ID: 48684)
type Complex derivation
language Armenian
lexeme 1 lezu (լեզու) + ez (եզ)
lexeme 2 ezan lezu (եզան լեզու)
meaning 1 tongue (body part) + ox
direction
meaning 2 plantain (Plantago)
reference <personally collected data>
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Ġazaryan, Ṙuben (1981), Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 1014, page 81a

NEW Realization 3 (ID: 45729)
type Complex derivation
language Farsi
lexeme 1 zabân (زبان) + barre (بره)
lexeme 2 zabân-e barre (زبان بره)
meaning 1 tongue (body part) + lamb
direction
meaning 2 plantain (Plantago)
reference <personally collected data>
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NEW Realization 4 (ID: 45730)
type Complex derivation
language Modern Written Arabic
lexeme 1 lisān- (لِسَان) + ḥamal- (حَمَل)
lexeme 2 lisān-u l-ḥamal-i (لِسَان الحَمَل)
meaning 1 tongue (body part) + lamb

al-lisān-u l-ʕarabiyy-u l-faṣīḥ-u


Arabic literary language

direction
meaning 2 plantain (Plantago)

lisān-u l-ḥamal-i l-kabīr-i


a big plantain (Plantago major)

reference BK: II 720
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NEW Realization 5 (ID: 45731)
type Complex derivation
language Modern Written Arabic
lexeme 1 lisān- (لِسَان) + ḫarūf- (خَرُوف)
lexeme 2 lisān-u l-ḫarūf-i (لِسَان الخَرُوف)
meaning 1 tongue (body part) + lamb

al-lisān-u l-ʕarabiyy-u l-faṣīḥ-u


Arabic literary language

direction
meaning 2 plantain (Plantago)
reference BK: I 217 BK: II 720
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NEW Realization 6 (ID: 47283)
type Complex derivation
language Romanian
lexeme 1 limbǎ + oaie
lexeme 2 limba-oii
meaning 1 tongue (body part) + sheep
direction
meaning 2 plantain (Plantago)
reference Andrianov, Mixalchi 1954: 496
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