Universal #1499

Legacy number: 1499

 Number  1495
 Original  All languages label ‘eyes’, ‘nose’, and ‘mouth’.
 Standardized  There are [basic?] terms for ‘eyes’, ‘nose’, and ‘mouth’.
 Keywords  body part
 Domain  lexicon
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages mentioned in Andersen 1978
 Source  Andersen 1978: 352

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Discussion
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The interesting question is about basicness.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
The interesting question is about basicness.