frog
→
toad
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Syncretism | |
Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
Lexeme | měng (黽) | |
Meaning 1 | frog | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | toad | |
Reference | BKRS: 12295 | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Romanian | |
Lexeme 1 | broască | |
Lexeme 2 | broască râioasă | |
Meaning 1 | frog | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | toad | |
Reference | MDA2 | |
Comment | 'scabby frog' |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tigrinya | |
Lexeme | ḳʷərʕo, ḳurʕo, ḳʷärʕo | |
Meaning 1 | 'frog' | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | 'toad' | |
Reference | ||
Comment | KT 946; from proto-Semitic *ḳVr(V)r- 'frog' (SED II No. 137) |