Inglise leksikoloogia kordamisküsimuste vastused
another wider or
more general meaning”.
• rose and flower ‘rose is a flower’
• rose – hyponym
• flower – hyperonym
The same word (i.e. its different senses) may be a hyponym of several superodinates: axe (kindof tool but also kind of
weapon)
Co-hyponyms – a group of hyponyms of a hyperonym
• chair, desk, table, stool – co-hyponyms • furniture – hyperonym
Meronymy (partonymy) and holonymy
• Part-whole relation
• meronym – ‘part of’ • trunk, branch – meronyms
• tree – holonym
Subtypes of meronymy
central type (component of integral object)
1) member – collection tree / forest; card / deck
2) portion – mass slice / pie; grain / salt
3) stuff – objekt gin / martini; steel / bicycle
4) feature – activity paying / shopping; dating / adolescence