beetle crazy thought, whim 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme buba
meaning 1 beetle
direction
meaning 2 crazy thought, whim

(imati) bubu (bube) u glavi, staviti bubu (buhu) u uho (komu) 


to have crazy thought in the head, to give someone an obsession 

reference HJP
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Hungarian
lexeme bogár
meaning 1 beetle
direction
meaning 2 whim
reference Гальди 1974: 97
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme 1 буба (buba)
lexeme 2 буба (buba), бубица (bubica)
meaning 1 beetle

U jednom trenutku, tokom ćaskanja uletela mi je buba u usta.


At one point, during the chat, a bug flew into my mouth.

direction
meaning 2 crazy thought, whim

Znate, on je imao bubu u glavi, sve je snijevao o velikoj Hrvatskoj, o Slovenstvu ...


You know, he had a crazy thought in his head, he has been dreaming about a great Croatia, about Slavdom...

reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 117 CLARIN.SI
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