witch, sorceress
→
butterfly
5 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Bulgarian | |
Lexeme | veštica | |
Meaning 1 | witch | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | night moth | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Serb.-Cr. вештица 'witch', dial. vještica 'night-fly, moth'. Журавлев 2005, 767-768 |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Hungarian | |
Lexeme | bosorkány | |
Meaning 1 | witch | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | butterfly | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Borrowed in the Ucr. dial. босорка, босорканя 'witch', 'night-fly', 'toad', босоркун 'vampire' |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Romanian | |
Lexeme | strigă | |
Meaning 1 | witch | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | hawk moth (Acherontia atropos) | |
Reference | DEX98 | |
Comment | DER 1, 752, DEX98, also 'owl'. |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | voroguša | |
Meaning 1 | witch | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | white butterfly | |
Reference | ||
Comment | СРНГ 5, 108-109 |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Upper Sorbian | |
Lexeme | khodojta (chodojta) | |
Meaning 1 | witch | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | night butterfly | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Also 'mosquito, asphixia'. ЭССЯ 8, 50, Журавлев 2005, 852 |
особенно часто - 'ночная бабочка'. Журавлев 2005, 768