snake
→
guileful, crafty person
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Adyghe | |
| lexeme | blašhwe | |
| meaning 1 | gray snake (poisonous) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Gorgon, Fury | |
| reference | ||
| comment | АдРС 29 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | serpent | |
| meaning 1 | snake | venin du serpent snake venom |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cunning person | |
| reference | CNRTL | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | kigyó | |
| meaning 1 | snake | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | guileful, crafty person | kigyót melengetni keblén to cherish a serpent in one's bosom |
| reference | Гальди 1974: 381 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lezgian | |
| lexeme | ilan | |
| meaning 1 | snake | иланди яна the snake bit (lit. Hit) |
| meaning 2 | nimble, elusive | |
| reference | ||
| comment | (LezgRus 145) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | zmeja | |
| meaning 1 | snake | a. Гремучая змея 'rattlesnake'. |
| meaning 2 | insidious, spiteful, evil | a. Змея подколодная 'a snake in the grass'. |
| reference | ||
| comment | Cf. Dal': ЗМИЙ, змей змия, змея (snake) - Злой человек, скрытный и злобный (an evil person, reticent and malisious). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | käysi | |
| meaning 1 | 'snake, serpent' | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | 'cunning, wily person' | |
| reference | ||
| comment | KT 1680 | |