<wooden object> → fool 20 realizations
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Basque
lexeme kaiku-
meaning 1 wooden cup
direction —
meaning 2 fool
reference Баскско-русский, русско-баскский словарь 1997
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Derivation
language English
lexeme 1 block
lexeme 2 blockhead
meaning 1 block, chunk between the beetle and the block
между молотом и наковальней
direction →
meaning 2 blockhead
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme stump
meaning 1 stump
direction →
meaning 2 blockhead, idiot
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ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme chump
meaning 1 block, chunk
direction →
meaning 2 blockhead, fool
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ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme bûche
meaning 1 log fendre des bûches
to split wood
direction →
meaning 2 blockhead
reference CNRTL
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ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme souche
meaning 1 stump
direction →
meaning 2 fool, blockhead (colloq.)
reference Larousse online
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ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language German
lexeme Klotz
meaning 1 block, chunk; fetters
direction →
meaning 2 yokelish, rude person
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ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language German
lexeme Knüppel
meaning 1 club, thick stick
direction →
meaning 2 blockhead, yokelish
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ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Icelandic
lexeme svoli
meaning 1 trunk (tree)
direction →
meaning 2 rude, yokelish
reference
comment Берков
ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Italian
lexeme tondone
meaning 1 log, chunk
direction →
meaning 2 ninny, dupe
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ACCEPTED Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Latin
lexeme caudex
meaning 1 trunk (tree), stump, log
direction →
meaning 2 fool In me quidvis harum rerum convenit / Quae sunt dicta in stultum; caudex, stripes, asinus, plumbeus (Publius Terentius Afer, Heautontimorumenos)
All names for fools suit me: stupid, bone-head, ninny, blockhead, ass
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comment Glare 287
ACCEPTED Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Lezgian
lexeme k’anč’
meaning 1 stump, block
direction →
meaning 2 loon
reference
comment (LezgRus 212)
ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme butuc
meaning 1 log, block
direction →
meaning 2 stupid person
reference DEX98
comment DRRS 1, 296, DEX98
ACCEPTED Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme пень (pen')
meaning 1 stub Сесть бы на пенек, да съесть бы пирожок. (из сказки)
I would love to sit on a stub and eat a pie. (from a fairy tale)
direction →
meaning 2 blockhead, idiot a. Этому пню не растолкуешь. 'This blockhead will not understand.' b. Стоять пнем, дураком, ни о чем не заботясь. 'To stand like a blockhead, a fool, without caring for anything.'
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comment (Dal')
ACCEPTED Realization 15
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme чурбан (čurban)
meaning 1 stump Мартышка вздумала трудиться: нашла чурбан и ну над ним возиться! (Крылов)
The monkey decided to labour: it found a stump and started playing with it. (Ivan Krylov)
direction →
meaning 2 blockhead, fool Ты, Филька! ты прямой чурбан! (Грибоедов)
You, Fil'ka! You are just a blockhead! (Griboedov)
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comment (Ushakov)
ACCEPTED Realization 16
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme zoquete
meaning 1 log, block
direction →
meaning 2 boor
reference
comment Narumov 1995: 806
ACCEPTED Realization 17
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme leño
meaning 1 log, beam
direction →
meaning 2 blockhead
reference
comment Narumov 1995: 465
ACCEPTED Realization 18
type Polysemy
language Swahili
lexeme tobwe
meaning 1 bush wood
direction →
meaning 2 fool
reference
comment Polikanov
ACCEPTED Realization 19
type Polysemy
language Swahili
lexeme kisiki
meaning 1 stump, block, log
direction →
meaning 2 blockhead (fig., colloq.)
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comment Polikanov
ACCEPTED Realization 20
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme odun
meaning 1 wood, log
direction →
meaning 2 blockhead
reference Baskakov 1977: 684
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