rooster
→
cock (of a gun)
23 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Afrikaans | |
| lexeme | haan | |
| meaning 1 | rooster | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Armenian | |
| lexeme | xoroz (խորոզ) | |
| meaning 1 | rooster | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | |
| reference | Ačaṙean 1902 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Bulgarian | |
| lexeme | петле | |
| meaning 1 | diminutive of петел 'rooster' | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | Има открито и скрито петле на оръжието. Откритото петле обикновено има на тилната си част издатина (глава, спица), позволяваща за се запъне петлето с палец. There are an open and a hidden cocks of the guns. The open cock usually has a protrusion on the back of the head (head, spoke), which allows the cock to be locked with a thumb. |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Chuvash | |
| lexeme | автан | |
| meaning 1 | rooster | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | пăшал автанĕ cock of a gun |
| reference | Электронлă сăмахсар | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme | oroz | |
| meaning 1 | rooster (reg.) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Czech | |
| lexeme 1 | kohout | |
| lexeme 2 | kohoutek | |
| meaning 1 | rooster | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | Každý kozák [měl] přes plece pušku, jejíž kohoutek i pánvička byly obaleny huňatou kožešinou. Natáhla rychle druhý kohoutek [pušky]‚ ani neměřila a spustila. V pravici držel každý [husar] nabitou karabinu s kohoutkem nataženým. |
| reference | PSJČ | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme | hane | |
| meaning 1 | rooster | hanen galer the rooster is crowing |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | spænde hanen to cock the gun |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Dutch | |
| lexeme | haan | |
| meaning 1 | rooster | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | |
| reference | Mironov 1987: 283 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | cock | |
| meaning 1 | rooster | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | Hahn | |
| meaning 1 | rooster | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | |
| reference | Moskal'skaja (ed.) 2001 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | kakas | |
| meaning 1 | rooster | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | |
| reference | Gal’di 1987: 346 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Icelandic | |
| lexeme | hani | |
| meaning 1 | rooster | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | |
| reference | ISLEX | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Lithuanian | |
| lexeme 1 | gaidy˜s | |
| lexeme 2 | gaidùkas | |
| meaning 1 | rooster | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | |
| reference | LRŽ: 174 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Macedonian | |
| lexeme | петле | |
| meaning 1 | diminutive of петел 'rooster' | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Modern Greek | |
| lexeme | πετεινός | |
| meaning 1 | rooster | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | |
| reference | Xorikov, Malev 1993: 622 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Modern Greek | |
| lexeme | κόκορας | |
| meaning 1 | rooster | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | |
| reference | DSMG | |
| comment | In Xorikov, Malev 1993, 446 - κόκκορας | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Norwegian | |
| lexeme | hane | |
| meaning 1 | rooster | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | spenne hanen to cock the gun |
| reference | BO | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Polish | |
| lexeme 1 | kur | |
| lexeme 2 | kurek | |
| meaning 1 | (bookish) rooster | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | |
| reference | WSJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | cocoş | |
| meaning 1 | rooster | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | cocoş dezarmat |
| reference | DRRS: 1, 481 | |
| comment | MDA2, DEX09 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | кур (kur) | |
| lexeme 2 | курок (kurok) | |
| meaning 1 | rooster | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | |
| reference | Černyx 1994: 1, 457 | |
| comment | Кур was normal word for the rooster in Old Russian, displaced from the 17th century by петух. Фасмер 2, 427. | |
| NEW Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | ороз (oroz) | |
| meaning 1 | rooster | Kad je narod prestao ići Pavi , spremi se Sveti Savo na put . Ponese sa sobom mačku , oroza i kruh. When the people stopped going to Pavi, Saint Savo got ready for the journey. He takes with him a cat, rooster and bread |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | Egzekutor je povukao oroz, ali pucanj nije odjeknuo. Probao je još nekoliko metaka, ali nijedan nije opalio. The executioner pulled the trigger, but the shot did not go off. He tried a few more bullets, but none of them fired. |
| reference | CLARIN.SI | |
| comment | In Vujanitsh et al. 2007 is only one meaning - 'trigger'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 22 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | hane | |
| meaning 1 | rooster | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | han spände hanen och lyfte vapnet he cocked the gun and raised it |
| reference | SAO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 23 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | horoz | |
| meaning 1 | rooster | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cock (of a gun) | |
| reference | TDKS | |
| comment | ||
Possibly German was the original source. The movement of the hammer in a flintlock resembled a bird striking with its beak.