<animal>
→
cunning person
17 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
1147 | fox (Vulpes vulpes) | ↔ | cunning person | Open |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ancient Greek | |
Lexeme | πίθων | |
Meaning 1 | monkey, ape (Babrios) | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | flatterer, sycophant (Pindar) | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | coon | |
Meaning 1 | racoon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | cunning fox | |
Reference | ||
Comment | For the word 'racoon' the figurative meaning was not indicated. |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | German | |
Lexeme | Luchs | |
Meaning 1 | lynx | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | cunning fox | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Japanese | |
Lexeme | tanuki (狸) | |
Meaning 1 | racoon dog | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | cunning fox | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Japanese | |
Lexeme | saru (猿 ) | |
Meaning 1 | monkey, ape | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | cunning fox | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
NEW Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | жук | |
Meaning 1 | beatle | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | (informal) cunning person | |
Reference | Krivoščapova 2007: 152 | |
Comment | жук ‘about a crafty, cunning person, a rogue’ [ССРЛЯ 4, 188], жук ‘about the flatterer’ (Smolensk) [СРНГ 9, 222], жуковатый ‘sly, crafty’ [ЯОС 4, 50], (slang) жук ‘a person belonging to the criminal community’ [БСЖ, 186] |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Spanish | |
Lexeme | lagarto | |
Meaning 1 | lizard | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | cunning fox, dodger | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Narumov 1995: 456 |
ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Cognates | |
Language | Spanish | |
Lexeme | macuco | |
Meaning 1 | partridge (variety) | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | cunning fox | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Narumov 1995: 480 |
ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Spanish | |
Lexeme | pájaro | |
Meaning 1 | bird | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | cunning fox | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Narumov 1995: 550 |
ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Spanish | |
Lexeme | culebrón | |
Meaning 1 | big snake | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | dodger (colloq.) | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Narumov 1995: 245 |
ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Spanish | |
Lexeme | jaiba | |
Meaning 1 | crawfish | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | cunning fox, dodger | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Narumov 1995: 445 |
ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Spanish | |
Lexeme | caimán | |
Meaning 1 | caiman | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | cunning fox | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Narumov 1995: 147 |
ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Spanish | |
Lexeme | lince | |
Meaning 1 | lynx | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | cunning fox, dodger | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Narumov 1995: 470 |
ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Spanish | |
Lexeme | bagre | |
Meaning 1 | catfish | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | cunning fox, dodger | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Narumov 1995: 111 |
ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Swahili | |
Lexeme | fisi | |
Meaning 1 | hyena | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | cunning fox | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Polikanov |
ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Turkish | |
Lexeme | çakal | |
Meaning 1 | jackal | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | dodger, cunning fox, coon | |
Reference | ||
Comment | ТуРС 164. |
ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Turkish | |
Lexeme | kurt | |
Meaning 1 | wolf | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | cunning fox, dodger | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
Любопытно, что хитрецом чаще оказывается животное из рода собачьих.