snake
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guileful, crafty person
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Adyghe |
| Lexeme |
blašhwe |
| Meaning 1 |
gray snake (poisonous) |
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| Direction |
→ |
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| Meaning 2 |
Gorgon, Fury |
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| Comment |
АдРС 29 |
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Polysemy |
| Language |
Tigrinya |
| Lexeme |
käysi |
| Meaning 1 |
'snake, serpent' |
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| Direction |
→ |
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| Meaning 2 |
'cunning, wily person' |
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| Comment |
KT 1680 |
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Russian |
| Lexeme |
zmeja |
| Meaning 1 |
snake |
a. Гремучая змея 'rattlesnake'. |
| Meaning 2 |
insidious, spiteful, evil |
a. Змея подколодная 'a snake in the grass'. |
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| Comment |
Cf. Dal': ЗМИЙ, змей змия, змея (snake) - Злой человек, скрытный и злобный (an evil person, reticent and malisious). |
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Lezgian |
| Lexeme |
ilan |
| Meaning 1 |
snake |
иланди яна
"the snake bit (lit. Hit)" |
| Meaning 2 |
nimble, elusive |
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| Comment |
(LezgRus 145) |
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
French |
| Lexeme |
serpent |
| Meaning 1 |
snake |
venin du serpent
"snake venom" |
| Direction |
→ |
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| Meaning 2 |
cunning person |
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| Reference |
CNRTL
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| Comment |
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| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Hungarian |
| Lexeme |
kigyó |
| Meaning 1 |
snake |
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| Direction |
→ |
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| Meaning 2 |
guileful, crafty person |
kigyót melengetni keblén
"to cherish a serpent in one's bosom" |
| Reference |
Гальди 1974 page 381
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