cattle
→
cattle egret
8 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Dutch | |
| lexeme 1 | koe | |
| lexeme 2 | koereiger | |
| meaning 1 | cow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cattle egret | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | cattle | |
| lexeme 2 | cattle egret | |
| meaning 1 | domesticated animals of the species Bos taurus (cows, bulls, steers, oxen etc) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | small egret, Bubulcus ibis, of the heron family (Ardeidae) | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Finnish | |
| lexeme 1 | lehmä | |
| lexeme 2 | lehmähaikara | |
| meaning 1 | cow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cattle egret | |
| reference | Kielitoimiston sanakirja | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | Kuh | |
| lexeme 2 | Kuhreiher | |
| meaning 1 | cow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cattle egret | |
| reference | DWDS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme 1 | bue | |
| lexeme 2 | guardabuoi | |
| meaning 1 | ox | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cattle egret | |
| reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme 1 | buey | |
| lexeme 2 | garcilla bueyera | |
| meaning 1 | ox | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cattle egret | |
| reference | DRAE | |
| comment | First element diminutive of garza 'heron' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme 1 | ko | |
| lexeme 2 | kohäger | |
| meaning 1 | cattle | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cattle egret | |
| reference | SAOB | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Welsh | |
| lexeme 1 | gwartheg | |
| lexeme 2 | crëyr y gwartheg | |
| meaning 1 | cattle | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cattle egret | |
| reference | Geiriadur | |
| comment | ||
So named because it is often seen alongside cattle at pasture.
First meaning can be 'cattle', 'cow', 'ox'.
Maltese agrett tal-bhejjem 'cattle egret' from bhejjem, plural of bhima 'beast; an animal, usually either as livestock or as a wild and/or dangerous creature'