snake caterpillar 6 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language 1 Classical Arabic
Language 2 Tigre
Lexeme 1 siff-, suff-
Lexeme 2 səf
Meaning 1 'serpent' (BK I 1096, Lane 1368)
Direction
Meaning 2 'millepede' (LH 200)
Reference
Comment SED II, No. 207.
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Lezgian
Lexeme ʁüläʁ
Meaning 1 snake гъуьлягъди яна
the snake bit
Meaning 2 caterpillar кIазун гъуьлягъар
silkworms (кIаз - silkmoth, raw silk)
Reference
Comment (LezgRus 95, 210)
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Cognates
Language Russian
Lexeme gnusina
Meaning 1 snake Была такая непроходимая гать, на ней только гнусина ползучая, да птица летучая
There was an impassable brushwood road, where there were just worms and birds
Meaning 2 worm, caterpillar
Reference
Comment Both meanings are dialectal. 1 - Tobol., Amur., Sverdl. 2 - North, East., Sib., Даль СРНГ 6, 250
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Cognates
Language Russian
Lexeme polzun
Meaning 1 snake
Meaning 2 caterpillar
Reference
Comment Both meanings are dialectal. 1 - Pskov., Novg., Simb., Kyrgyz. 2 - Arkhang. СРНГ 29, 67
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Derivation
Language Russian
Lexeme 1 zmeja
Lexeme 2 zmeolan
Meaning 1 snake
Meaning 2 fruit moth caterpillar Hyponomenta variabilis Zell.
Reference
Comment Sarat., СРНГ 11, 302
NEW Realization 6
Type Syncretism
Language Udihe
Lexeme кулига
Meaning 1 snake
Direction
Meaning 2 caterpillar
Reference Podmaskin 1984: 219
Comment