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Universal 1179:

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Universal 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
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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