snake
—
caterpillar
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | gnusina | |
| Meaning 1 | snake | Была такая непроходимая гать, на ней только гнусина ползучая, да птица летучая There was an impassable brushwood road, where there were just worms and birds |
| Meaning 2 | worm, caterpillar | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Both meanings are dialectal. 1 - Tobol., Amur., Sverdl. 2 - North, East., Sib., Даль СРНГ 6, 250 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lezgian | |
| Lexeme | ʁüläʁ | |
| Meaning 1 | snake | гъуьлягъди яна the snake bit |
| Meaning 2 | caterpillar | кIазун гъуьлягъар silkworms (кIаз - silkmoth, raw silk) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LezgRus 95, 210) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | polzun | |
| Meaning 1 | snake | |
| Meaning 2 | caterpillar | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Both meanings are dialectal. 1 - Pskov., Novg., Simb., Kyrgyz. 2 - Arkhang. СРНГ 29, 67 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language 1 | Classical Arabic | |
| Language 2 | Tigre | |
| Lexeme 1 | siff-, suff- | |
| Lexeme 2 | səf | |
| Meaning 1 | 'serpent' (BK I 1096, Lane 1368) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'millepede' (LH 200) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | SED II, No. 207. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | zmeja | |
| Lexeme 2 | zmeolan | |
| Meaning 1 | snake | |
| Meaning 2 | fruit moth caterpillar Hyponomenta variabilis Zell. | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Sarat., СРНГ 11, 302 | |
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Syncretism | |
| Language | Udihe | |
| Lexeme | кулига | |
| Meaning 1 | snake | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | caterpillar | |
| Reference | Podmaskin 1984: 219 | |
| Comment | ||