pumpkin
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head
16 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Italian | |
Lexeme | cocuzza | |
Meaning 1 | pumpkin | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | head-noddle | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Romanian | |
Lexeme | tigvă | |
Meaning 1 | gourd, calabash | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | noddle; skull | |
Reference | DEX98 | |
Comment | It has been borrowed from the Slavic languages DER 785. In DEX98 the meaning of 'head' is cited first |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Italian | |
Lexeme | zucca | |
Meaning 1 | pumpkin | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | head, noddle | 1. zucca vuota, 2. zucca pelata, 3. grattarsi la zucca, 4. andare in zucca, 5. zucca senza sale 1. ‘empty head’, 2. ‘bald head’ (lit. ‘plucked pumpkin’), 3. ‘to scratch one's head’, 4. ‘not to wear a hat’, 5. ‘blockhead, fool’ (lit. ‘unsalted pumpkin’). |
Reference | ||
Comment | Also the derivative zuccone ‘big head’ and ‘obstinate head; blockhead, fool, dolt’ |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Romanian | |
Lexeme | curcubetă | |
Meaning 1 | pumpkin | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | skull; head | |
Reference | DRRS | |
Comment | DRRS 1, 601, DEX98 |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | calabash | |
Meaning 1 | (тыква-)горлянка, бутылочная тыква | |
Meaning 2 | head (playful) | |
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Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Spanish | |
Lexeme | totuma | |
Meaning 1 | pumpkin, calabash | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | head | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Перу. Narumov 1995, 751 |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | German | |
Lexeme | Kürbis | |
Meaning 1 | pumpkin | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | head (colloq.) | |
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Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Lezgian | |
Lexeme | qːabaχ | |
Meaning 1 | pumpkin | |
Meaning 2 | top of the head | |
Reference | ||
Comment | (LezgRus 173) |
ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | French | |
Lexeme | citrouille | |
Meaning 1 | pumpkin | potage à la citrouille pumpkin soup |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | big head, noddle | |
Reference | CNRTL | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | French | |
Lexeme | coloquinte | |
Meaning 1 | bitter pumpkin | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | head, noddle | |
Reference | CNRTL: The meaning 'head' is obsolete. | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Romanian | |
Lexeme | dovleac | |
Meaning 1 | pumpkin | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | head, noddle | |
Reference | DRRS | |
Comment | DRRS 1, 738, DEX98 |
ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Romanian | |
Lexeme | bostan | |
Meaning 1 | pumpkin | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | head, noddle | |
Reference | DRRS | |
Comment | A dialectal word DRRS 1, 263, DEX98 |
ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Spanish | |
Lexeme | ayote | |
Meaning 1 | pumpkin (Cucurbita argyrosperma) | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | noddle, thinking mug | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Guatemala Narumov 1995, 108 |
NEW Realization 14 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Serbian | |
Lexeme | тиква (tikva) | |
Meaning 1 | pumpkin | бела тиква white pumpkin |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | head | čovjek se mora upravo čuditi kad vidi kakvu im je maglu bio ugnao u tikvu one has to be amazed when he sees how he messed with their heads |
Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1318 | |
Comment | Example for meaning 2 - CLARIN.SI |
NEW Realization 15 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Croatian | |
Lexeme | tikva | |
Meaning 1 | pumpkin | obična tikva Lagenaria vulgaris |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | head | prazna tikva empty head (about stupid person) |
Reference | HJP | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 16 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Dagur | |
Lexeme | коолоо | |
Meaning 1 | bottle gourd | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | head | |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
Comment |
Ср. англ. pumpkin 1) тыква ( обыкновенная ) 2) важное дело; важный человек (обыкн. some pumpkins)