animal
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insect
7 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Angami | |
Lexeme | kuno | |
Meaning 1 | animal | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | insect | |
Reference | Marrison 1967 | |
Comment | CLICS-3 |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Kannada | |
Lexeme | jaṃtu | |
Meaning 1 | living being, creature, animal | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | insect, roundworm, hookworm, tapeworm and similar other parasites grown in the belly. | |
Reference | Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 400 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Otomi | |
Lexeme | zu'we | |
Meaning 1 | animal | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | insect | |
Reference | World Loanword Database | |
Comment | Also 'worm' |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Panare | |
Lexeme | nəʔna | |
Meaning 1 | animal | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | insect | |
Reference | IDS | |
Comment | CLICS-3 |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Rapanui | |
Lexeme | manu | |
Meaning 1 | animal | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | insect | |
Reference | Englert | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Seychellois Creole | |
Lexeme | bebet | |
Meaning 1 | animal | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | insect | |
Reference | World Loanword Database | |
Comment | From dialectal French bébête (children, colloquial) 'animal, beastie, critter' from bête 'beast' |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tzotzil | |
Lexeme | chon | |
Meaning 1 | animal | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | insect | |
Reference | World Loanword Database | |
Comment | Also pet, snake, bug, from the Proto-Mayan word for ‘snake’ |