uncle (father's brother) → wolf 1 realization Unique
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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