mouse
→
bat
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Ancient Hebrew | |
| Language 2 | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme 1 | ʕakbār | |
| Lexeme 2 | arkabu, irkabu, argabu | |
| Meaning 1 | mouse | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | kind of bat | |
| Reference | SED II | |
| Comment | See SED II, No. 30. The direct cognate of the Hebrew term in Accadian is akbaru (akkabaru), with the meaning 'jerboa'. The term for 'a kind of bat' is with metathesis, prsumably from the meaning 'mouse' rather than 'jerboa'. | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Dalmatian | |
| Lexeme 1 | surco | |
| Lexeme 2 | surca pizigaun | |
| Meaning 1 | mouse | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bat | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme 1 | mouse | |
| Lexeme 2 | flitter-mouse | |
| Meaning 1 | ||
| Meaning 2 | bat | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | also Germ. Fledermaus | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme 1 | souris | |
| Lexeme 2 | chauve-souris | |
| Meaning 1 | mouse | souris grise a grey mouse |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bat | |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
| Comment | lit. 'bald mouse' | |
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Karelian | |
| Lexeme 1 | hīr | |
| Lexeme 2 | üölahhīr | |
| Meaning 1 | mouse | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bat (Microchiroptera) | |
| Reference | Žarinova 2006: 122 | |
| Comment | 'night mouse' | |
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Karelian | |
| Lexeme 1 | hiiri | |
| Lexeme 2 | lendäjä hiiri | |
| Meaning 1 | mouse | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bat (Microchiroptera) | |
| Reference | Žarinova 2006: 124 | |
| Comment | 'flying mouse'. Semantic loan from Russian | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | myš' | |
| Lexeme 2 | letučaja myš' | |
| Meaning 1 | mouse | |
| Meaning 2 | bat | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Serbian | |
| Lexeme 1 | миш (miš) | |
| Lexeme 2 | слепи миш (slepi miš) | |
| Meaning 1 | mouse | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bat | |
| Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 717 | |
| Comment | Слепи миш (slepi miš) literally means 'blind mouse' | |
| NEW Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Tver Karelian | |
| Lexeme 1 | hiiri | |
| Lexeme 2 | lendäjä hiiri | |
| Meaning 1 | mouse | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bat (Microchiroptera) | |
| Reference | Žarinova 2006: 124 | |
| Comment | 'flying mouse' Semantic loan from Russian | |