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Universal 1496:

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Universal 1496:

Original
The upper limb, ‘arm’ (and ‘hand’) is named by a distinct term in all languages.
Standardized
The upper limb, ‘arm’ (and ‘hand’) is named by a distinct term in all languages.
Keywords
body part
Domain
lexicon
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages mentioned in Andersen 1978
Source
Andersen 1978: 352
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Cf. #1185.

    1. May 2020

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