The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

ID	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

Comment

ACCEPTED Realization 1
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.

NEW Realization 2
type		Polysemy
language		Kove
lexeme		mota
meaning 1	snake
direction	—
meaning 2	caterpillar
reference		Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 3, 413
comment

ACCEPTED Realization 3
type		Polysemy
language		Lezgian
lexeme		ʁüläʁ
meaning 1	snake	гъуьлягъди яна the snake bit
direction	—
meaning 2	caterpillar	кIазун гъуьлягъар silkworms (кIаз - silkmoth, raw silk)
reference
comment		(LezgRus 95, 210)

ACCEPTED Realization 4
type		Internal cognates
language		Russian
lexeme		гнусина (gnusina)
meaning 1	(dialect) 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
direction	—
meaning 2	(dialect) worm, caterpillar
reference
comment		Both meanings are dialectal. 1 - Tobol., Amur., Sverdl. 2 - North, East., Sib., Даль СРНГ 6, 250

ACCEPTED Realization 5
type		Internal cognates
language		Russian
lexeme		ползун (polzun)
meaning 1	(dialect) snake
direction	—
meaning 2	(dialect) caterpillar
reference
comment		Both meanings are dialectal. 1 - Pskov., Novg., Simb., Kyrgyz. 2 - Arkhang. СРНГ 29, 67

ACCEPTED Realization 6
type		Derivation
language		Russian
lexeme 1		змея (zmeja)
lexeme 2		змеолан (zmeolan)
meaning 1	snake
direction	→
meaning 2	(dialect) fruit moth caterpillar Hyponomenta variabilis Zell.
reference
comment		Saratov, СРНГ 11, 302

NEW Realization 7
type		Syncretism
language		Udihe
lexeme		кулига
meaning 1	snake
direction	—
meaning 2	caterpillar
reference		Podmaskin 1984: 219
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