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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Reference |
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Comment |
АдРС 29 |
Realization |
Type |
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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Reference |
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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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Reference |
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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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