Number of realizations
13
pumpkin
—
head
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme | cocuzza | |
| Meaning 1 | pumpkin | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | head-noddle | |
| Reference | ||
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme | tigvă | |
| Meaning 1 | gourd, calabash | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | noddle; skull | |
| Reference | DEX98 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | It has been borrowed from the Slavic languages DER 785. In DEX98 the meaning of 'head' is cited first | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | Also the derivative zuccone ‘big head’ and ‘obstinate head; blockhead, fool, dolt’ | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme | curcubetă | |
| Meaning 1 | pumpkin | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | skull; head | |
| Reference | DRRS | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | DRRS 1, 601, DEX98 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | calabash | |
| Meaning 1 | (тыква-)горлянка, бутылочная тыква | |
| Meaning 2 | head (playful) | |
| Reference | ||
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | totuma | |
| Meaning 1 | pumpkin, calabash | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | head | |
| Reference | ||
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | Перу. Narumov 1995, 751 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | Kürbis | |
| Meaning 1 | pumpkin | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | head (colloq.) | |
| Reference | ||
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lezgian | |
| Lexeme | qːabaχ | |
| Meaning 1 | pumpkin | |
| Meaning 2 | top of the head | |
| Reference | ||
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | (LezgRus 173) | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | citrouille | |
| Meaning 1 | pumpkin | potage à la citrouille "pumpkin soup" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | big head, noddle | |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | coloquinte | |
| Meaning 1 | bitter pumpkin | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | head, noddle | |
| Reference | CNRTL page The meaning 'head' is obsolete. | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme | dovleac | |
| Meaning 1 | pumpkin | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | head, noddle | |
| Reference | DRRS | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | DRRS 1, 738, DEX98 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme | bostan | |
| Meaning 1 | pumpkin | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | head, noddle | |
| Reference | DRRS | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | A dialectal word DRRS 1, 263, DEX98 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | ayote | |
| Meaning 1 | pumpkin (Cucurbita argyrosperma) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | noddle, thinking mug | |
| Reference | ||
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | Guatemala Narumov 1995, 108 | |