bear (Ursus)
→
pear
3 realizations
MACROAREA: North America
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 (ID: 46361) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Comanche | |
| lexeme 1 | wasápeʔa + tʉhkapʉ | |
| lexeme 2 | wasápeʔa tʉhkapʉ | |
| meaning 1 | bear + food | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | pear | |
| reference | Brown 1999: 25 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 (ID: 46360) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Karok | |
| lexeme | vírusur | |
| meaning 1 | bear (Ursus) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | pear | |
| reference | Brown 1999: 25 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 (ID: 46362) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tuscarora | |
| lexeme | uhčíhręʔ | |
| meaning 1 | bear (Ursus) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | pear | |
| reference | Brown 1999: 25 | |
| comment | Rudes Blair A. Tuscarora-English / English-Tuscarora Dictionary. University of Toronto Press. 1999. P. 195, 552, 624 |
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Influenced by the English words bear and pear in languages where there is no contrast between voiced and voiceless labial consonants (Karok, Comanche), or no labial stops at all (Tuscarora)
Brown 1999, 25