night
→
bat
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme 1 | νύξ, νυκτός | |
| Lexeme 2 | νυκτερίς | |
| Meaning 1 | night | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bat | |
| Reference | LSJ | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Azerbaijani | |
| Lexeme 1 | gecə | |
| Lexeme 2 | gecəquşu | |
| Meaning 1 | night | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bat (Microchiroptera) | |
| Reference | Azərbaycanca-rusca lüǧet 2006 | |
| Comment | 'night bird' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Karelian | |
| Lexeme 1 | üö | |
| Lexeme 2 | yökkö | |
| Meaning 1 | night | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bat (Microchiroptera) | |
| Reference | Žarinova 2006: 121 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | ночь (noč') | |
| Lexeme 2 | ночник (nočnik) | |
| Meaning 1 | night | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (dialect) bat | |
| Reference | SRNG: 21, 302 | |
| Comment | Also ночница (nočnica) for bats from the genus Myotis. | |