to neigh to laugh 10 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Botlikh
Lexeme хIихIидалъи
Meaning 1 to neigh
Direction
Meaning 2 to giggle
Reference Alekseev, Azaev 2019: 451
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme neigh
Meaning 1 (of a horse) utter a neigh
Direction
Meaning 2 (of a person) make a sound similar to a neigh, especially when laughing they neighed dutifully at jokes they did not understand
Reference ODE
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Erzya
Lexeme сеямс
Meaning 1 to neigh
Direction
Meaning 2 to laugh loudly
Reference Serebrennikov et al. 1993: 583
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Erzya
Lexeme цяхамс
Meaning 1 to neigh Марясь - цяхи ракшазо, марясь - арды Савраскась.
He heard his horse neigh, he heard Savraska leap
Direction
Meaning 2 to laugh
Reference Serebrennikov et al. 1993: 734
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Gagauz
Lexeme kişne-
Meaning 1 to neigh
Meaning 2 to laugh loudly
Reference
Comment ГРМС 271.
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language German
Lexeme wiehern
Meaning 1 to neigh
Direction
Meaning 2 to roar with laughter (colloq.)
Reference Moskal'skaja (ed.) 2001
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Norwegian
Lexeme knegge
Meaning 1 to neigh hingsten knegget og stampet i bakken
the stallion was neighing and stamping
Direction
Meaning 2 to laugh karene knegget og lo
the guys were laughing
Reference BO
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Norwegian
Lexeme humre
Meaning 1 to neigh hestene humret mot oss da vi kom i stalldøra
the horses neighed at us when we entered the stall door
Direction
Meaning 2 to laugh karene humret og lo
the guys were laughing
Reference BO
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme ржать (ržat')
Meaning 1 to nicker Конь заржал
the horse neighed
Direction
Meaning 2 to laugh too loudly (substand.) На представлениях Енгибарова никто и не ржал, как сумасшедший.
At the performances of Yengibarov, no one neighed like a madman. [НКРЯ]
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Swedish
Lexeme gnägga
Meaning 1 to neigh hästarna kastade huvudet bakåt och gnäggade
the horses threw their heads back and neighed
Direction
Meaning 2 to laugh alla gnäggade åt hans imitationer
everybody laughed at his parodies
Reference SAO
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