Table 2.
English syllexifications, and English composite expressions corresponding to syllexifications elsewhere.
| desk | German | Schreib-tisch | [write+table] | ||
| nostril | German | Nasen-loch | [nose+hole] | ||
| Leave | German | weg-gehen | [away+go] | ||
| Uncle | Swedish | mor-bror | [mother+brother] | ||
| eleven | Japanese | juu-ichi | [ten+one] | ||
| boy | Tagalog | batang lalaki | [child male] | ||
| French | fauteuil | arm + chair | |||
| French | cahier | note + book | |||
| Russian | vanna | bath + tub | |||
| German | Enkel | grand + child | |||
| Turkish | fırın | bak-ery | |||
| Chinese | mèimei | younger + sister | |||