uncle (father's brother)
→
wolf
2 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Buriat | |
| lexeme 1 | авга (awɢa) | |
| lexeme 2 | авга (awɢa) (Lower Uda dialect) | |
| meaning 1 | uncle (father's brother) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wolf | |
| reference | Рассадин Становление говора нижнеудинских бурят: 135 | |
| comment | This tabooistic shift of meaning is present only in Lower Uda dialect of Buriat where the word has both meanings. In Literary Buriat only 'paternal uncle'. |
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| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ukrainian | |
| lexeme | дядько | |
| meaning 1 | uncle | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (euphemistic) wolf | |
| reference | SA | |
| comment | Березович Е. Л., Толстая С. М. Табу языковое // Славянские древности. Т. 5. С. 224-228. |
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