mouth
↔
eater
14 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Armenian | |
Lexeme | beran | |
Meaning 1 | mouth | |
Meaning 2 | eater | |
Reference | ||
Comment | АрмРС 124 |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Danish | |
Lexeme | mund | |
Meaning 1 | mouth | halvåben mund parted lips |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | eater | |
Reference | DDO | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | mouth | |
Meaning 1 | mouth | |
Meaning 2 | eater | useless mouth тунеядец |
Reference | ||
Comment | Also means 'fool, blockhead'. |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Evenki | |
Lexeme | amnga | |
Meaning 1 | mouth | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | tablemate (folklore) | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Василевич 1958, 28 |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | French | |
Lexeme | bouche | |
Meaning 1 | mouth | une bouche large a big mouth |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | eater | avoir (tant de) bouches à nourrir to have (so many) mouths to feed |
Reference | CNRTL | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Gagauz | |
Lexeme | aaz | |
Meaning 1 | mouth, chaps | |
Meaning 2 | eater | кач аазсыныз? How many of us are going to eat? |
Reference | ||
Comment | The same in Turk. Ağız (ТуРС 29). |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
Lexeme | kŏu | |
Meaning 1 | mouth | |
Meaning 2 | count word for counting people, especially family members | |
Reference | ||
Comment | БКРС 1735 |
ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
Lexeme | am | |
Meaning 1 | mouth | |
Meaning 2 | eater, mouth | манайх зургаан амттай We have six months in the family |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Norwegian | |
Lexeme | munn | |
Meaning 1 | mouth | sove med åpen munn to sleep with an open mouth |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | eater | ha mange munner å mette to have a lot of mouths to feed |
Reference | BO | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Romanian | |
Lexeme | gură | |
Meaning 1 | mouth | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | eater | |
Reference | DEX98 | |
Comment | DRRS 1, 952, DEX98 |
ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | rot | |
Meaning 1 | mouth | |
Meaning 2 | eater | a. Пять ртов кормлю. 'I am feeding five mouths.' b. Лишний рот в семье. 'Another mouth in the family.' |
Reference | ||
Comment | Cf. the Russian рот (mouth) used for ‘about a single animal when measuring food’ (XIV c.) |
ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Spanish | |
Lexeme | boca | |
Meaning 1 | mouth | no atreverse a abrir la boca do not even dare to open your mouth |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | eater | una familia de cinco bocas There are five mouths in the family |
Reference | ||
Comment | Narumov 1995: 127 |
ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Swedish | |
Lexeme | mun | |
Meaning 1 | mouth | föra skeden till munnen to lift a spoon to one’s mouth |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | eater | hon har många munnar att mätta she has a lot of mouths to feed |
Reference | SAO | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tibetan | |
Lexeme | ca-byed | |
Meaning 1 | eater, eating, devourer | |
Meaning 2 | mouth | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Рерих VIII, 128. An instance of the opposite direction of semantic change (eater > mouth). However, the word 'eater' does not denote a family member. |