wild, untamed
→
shy
18 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Azerbaijani | |
| Lexeme | vəhşi | |
| Meaning 1 | wild, untamed (of animals) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | shy, unsociable | |
| Reference | ARL 2006: 750 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | waḥš- | |
| Meaning 1 | wild, untamed | hāḏā šāt-un waḥš-un ‘this is a wild sheep or goat’ (Lane 2929) |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | shy (applied to girls or women) | |
| Reference | Lane: 2929 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme | vad | |
| Meaning 1 | wild, untamed | vad állatfajta wild animal species |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | shy | Gyere közelebb, ne légy olyan vad! Come closer, don't be so shy! |
| Reference | MEK 1978 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ilocano | |
| Lexeme | atap | |
| Meaning 1 | wild, savage, untamed, undomesticated | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | shy, suspicious, aloof | |
| Reference | SEAlang Ilocano | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Indonesian | |
| Lexeme | liar | |
| Meaning 1 | wild, untamed, undomesticated | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | shy (of fish, etc.) | |
| Reference | SEALang Indonesia | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme | selvàtico | |
| Meaning 1 | wild, untamed | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | not very sociable, grumpy | |
| Reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| Comment | From Latin silvāticus (with the variant form from Vulgar Latin salvāticus), from silva 'forest' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Komi | |
| Lexeme | кид | |
| Meaning 1 | untamed, running away from people (about animals) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | shy, unsociable | кид кага shy child |
| Reference | Beznosikova et al. 2000 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lao | |
| Lexeme | hɛ̆ː | |
| Meaning 1 | wild (of animals only) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | shy, timid (of animals only) | |
| Reference | SEAlang Lao | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Samoan | |
| Lexeme | segi | |
| Meaning 1 | wild, not tame | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | shy | |
| Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Shan | |
| Lexeme | hɛ | |
| Meaning 1 | be wild, untamed, undomesticated | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | be timid, shy | |
| Reference | SEAlang Shan | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | chúcaro | |
| Meaning 1 | (Latin America) wild, untamed | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | (Latin America) unsociable, unfriendly | |
| Reference | Narumov 1995 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tokelau | |
| Lexeme | hegi | |
| Meaning 1 | wild, untamed | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | shy | |
| Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | yabani | |
| Meaning 1 | wild, untamed | yabandomuzu wild boar |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | timid, shy | |
| Reference | Jusipova 2005 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Udmurt | |
| Lexeme | кыч | |
| Meaning 1 | wild, untamed (about animals) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | shy, fearful | |
| Reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Waray | |
| Lexeme | ilayat | |
| Meaning 1 | wild | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | timid, shy | |
| Reference | SEAlang Waray | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Waray | |
| Lexeme | lihay | |
| Meaning 1 | wild | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | timid; scared | |
| Reference | SEAlang Waray | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Waray | |
| Lexeme | mailaw | |
| Meaning 1 | wild | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | timid | |
| Reference | SEAlang Waray | |
| Comment | Samar dialect | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Waray | |
| Lexeme | mailáyat | |
| Meaning 1 | undomesticated; ungoverned; untamed; wild | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | afraid | |
| Reference | SEAlang Waray | |
| Comment | ||
The meaning 'shy' implied here is particular and does not fully coincide with the usual definition of this English lexeme. The person characterized as such is seen as not knowing how to communicate with other people, unsociable, preferring solitude to company, and sometimes lacking manners.