pigeon (Columba)
→
maize
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2406 | <foreigner> | → | maize | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Bulgarian | |
| Lexeme 1 | gălăb | |
| Lexeme 2 | gălăb' | |
| Meaning 1 | pidgeon | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | corn, maize | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | The second word is dialectal | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Borrowing | |
| Language 1 | Latin | |
| Language 2 | Montenegrin | |
| Lexeme 1 | columba | |
| Lexeme 2 | colomboć | |
| Meaning 1 | pigeon | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | corn, maize | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Buck 519 Compare also Romanian dialectal călambuc 'maize' Seche 2002 |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme | porumb | |
| Meaning 1 | pigeon | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | corn, maize | |
| Reference | DER | |
| Comment | For the word porumb 'pigeon' is considered an obsolete meaning, it is absent in в DEX98, Seche 2002, but present in Dicționar ortografic 2002, NODEX and it is also listed as the first meaning historically in DEX 623. The principal word for pigeon is porumbel | |
Buck 519: due to the dove-like appearance of the ear of corn with its folded sheath or to a resemblance in color. In It. dial. columbine used of the white popping corn, the association with doves is more obvious.