insect
→
wolf
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | kurt | |
| Meaning 1 | worm | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | wolf | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | In EDAL these roots as given as homonyms, though phonetically at the Prototurkic level they are identical. | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkmen | |
| Lexeme | мө:җек | |
| Meaning 1 | insect | |
| Meaning 2 | wolf | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | In other Turkic languages this root denotes various types of insects (maggot, mosquitoe, louse, cockroach, beetle etc.). The meaning of "wolf" is represented also in Turkish dialects. | |