eye
→
fried eggs
8 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Czech | |
| Lexeme 1 | oko | |
| Lexeme 2 | volské oko | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fried egg | Volské oko smažící se na pánvi |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volsk%C3%A9_oko |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Finnish | |
| Lexeme 1 | silmä | |
| Lexeme 2 | häränsilmä | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fried eggs | |
| Reference | Kielitoimiston sanakirja | |
| Comment | 'ox's eye' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme 1 | Auge | |
| Lexeme 2 | Ochsenauge | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (Southern Germany, Austria) fried egg | |
| Reference | DWDS | |
| Comment | (literally) 'ox' eye' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme 1 | occhio | |
| Lexeme 2 | uovo all'occhio di bue | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fried egg sunny side up | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | Literally, “egg made in the shape of an ox's eye”. |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme 1 | medama (目玉) | |
| Lexeme 2 | medamayaki (目玉焼き) | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fried egg | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin], Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Macedonian | |
| Lexeme 1 | око | |
| Lexeme 2 | јајце на око | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fried egg | Можеби цел живот погрешно пржите јајца на око Maybe you've been frying eggs wrong all your life |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme 1 | ochi | |
| Lexeme 2 | óchiu | |
| Meaning 1 | eyes | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | fried eggs | |
| Reference | DEX98 | |
| Comment | Cf. Moldovian окь. Cf. Russian irregular derivative глазунья. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | глаз | |
| Lexeme 2 | глазунья | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fried eggs | |
| Reference | BTS | |
| Comment | ||
‘глаз’ + PL > ‘яичница-глазунья’