mouth eater 14 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Armenian
Lexeme beran
Meaning 1 mouth
Meaning 2 eater
Reference
Comment АрмРС 124
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Danish
Lexeme mund
Meaning 1 mouth halvåben mund
parted lips
Direction
Meaning 2 eater
Reference DDO
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme mouth
Meaning 1 mouth
Meaning 2 eater useless mouth
тунеядец
Reference
Comment Also means 'fool, blockhead'.
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Evenki
Lexeme amnga
Meaning 1 mouth
Direction
Meaning 2 tablemate (folklore)
Reference
Comment Василевич 1958, 28
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language French
Lexeme bouche
Meaning 1 mouth une bouche large
a big mouth
Direction
Meaning 2 eater avoir (tant de) bouches à nourrir
to have (so many) mouths to feed
Reference CNRTL
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Gagauz
Lexeme aaz
Meaning 1 mouth, chaps
Meaning 2 eater кач аазсыныз?
How many of us are going to eat?
Reference
Comment The same in Turk. Ağız (ТуРС 29).
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Mandarin Chinese
Lexeme kŏu
Meaning 1 mouth
Meaning 2 count word for counting people, especially family members
Reference
Comment БКРС 1735
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Mongolian (Khalkha)
Lexeme am
Meaning 1 mouth
Meaning 2 eater, mouth манайх зургаан амттай
We have six months in the family
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Norwegian
Lexeme munn
Meaning 1 mouth sove med åpen munn
to sleep with an open mouth
Direction
Meaning 2 eater ha mange munner å mette
to have a lot of mouths to feed
Reference BO
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Romanian
Lexeme gură
Meaning 1 mouth
Direction
Meaning 2 eater
Reference DEX98
Comment DRRS 1, 952, DEX98
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme rot
Meaning 1 mouth
Meaning 2 eater a. Пять ртов кормлю. 'I am feeding five mouths.' b. Лишний рот в семье. 'Another mouth in the family.'
Reference
Comment Cf. the Russian рот (mouth) used for ‘about a single animal when measuring food’ (XIV c.)
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Spanish
Lexeme boca
Meaning 1 mouth no atreverse a abrir la boca
do not even dare to open your mouth
Direction
Meaning 2 eater una familia de cinco bocas
There are five mouths in the family
Reference
Comment Narumov 1995: 127
ACCEPTED Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Swedish
Lexeme mun
Meaning 1 mouth föra skeden till munnen
to lift a spoon to one’s mouth
Direction
Meaning 2 eater hon har många munnar att mätta
she has a lot of mouths to feed
Reference SAO
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Tibetan
Lexeme ca-byed
Meaning 1 eater, eating, devourer
Meaning 2 mouth
Reference
Comment Рерих VIII, 128. An instance of the opposite direction of semantic change (eater > mouth). However, the word 'eater' does not denote a family member.