dog
→
fur seal
4 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Cantonese Chinese | |
Lexeme 1 | gau2 (狗) | |
Lexeme 2 | hoi2 gau2 ((海狗) | |
Meaning 1 | dog | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | fur seal | |
Reference | English Wiktionary | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Korean | |
Lexeme 1 | gae (개) | |
Lexeme 2 | mulgae (물개) | |
Meaning 1 | dog | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | fur seal | |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
Lexeme 1 | gǒu (狗) | |
Lexeme 2 | hǎigǒu (海狗) | |
Meaning 1 | dog | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | fur seal | |
Reference | BKRS English Wiktionary | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Vietnamese | |
Lexeme 1 | cẩu | |
Lexeme 2 | hải cẩu | |
Meaning 1 | (rare, humorous) dog | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | seal (families Otariidae and Phocidae) | |
Reference | SEAlang Vietnamese | |
Comment | Sino-Vietnamese word from 海狗, composed of 海 (“sea”) and 狗 (“dog”). |