goat
→
hare (Lepus)
2 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Udmurt | |
Lexeme | кеч | |
Meaning 1 | goat | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | hare (Lepus) | |
Reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
Comment | Basic term for hare in Udmurt лудкеч 'field goat'. We can assume the semantic shift 'goat'→ 'hare' for the taboo name of the hare as jumping animal, like a goat. Zelenin 1929, 96 |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Yakut | |
Lexeme | туртас | |
Meaning 1 | roe, wild goat | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | hare (Lepus) | |
Reference | Pekarsky | |
Comment |