dog fur seal 4 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
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
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
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
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”).