Semantics

POLYSEMY - Kayardild II One of the following rows represents an example of polysemy, while the other row is an example of homophony. Try to identify the example of polysemy, relying on your own intuitions about how senses might be related, and suggest a basis for the relatedness of the senses. Then check the Dictionary to see whether your intuitions match how the Kayardild Dictionary treats this information. Kayardild is an Australian language traditionally spoken on the South Wellesley Islands off the coast of Queensland, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia.
| Form | Sense 1 |  | Sense 2
| jara | foot |  | rain |
| marrija | hear, listen |  | understand |
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