Universal #1183
Legacy number: 1183
| Number | 1179 |
| Original | For the concept ‘testicle’, by far the most widespread source is provided by terms for ‘egg’, alternative options being ‘stone’, ‘pebble’, ‘seed’, and ‘fruit’. |
| Standardized | For the concept ‘testicle’, by far the most widespread source is provided by terms for ‘egg’, alternative options being ‘stone’, ‘pebble’, ‘seed’, and ‘fruit’. |
| Keywords | body parts |
| Domain | lexicon |
| Type | target < source |
| Status | diachronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | 118 languages of worldwide distribution |
| Source | Brown & Witkowski 1981, Wilkins 1993, Wilkins 1996, reviewed in Heine 1997: 132 |
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