beaver (Castor fiber)
↔
otter (Lutra lutra)
4 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Cognates | |
Language 1 | Gagauz | |
Language 2 | Kyrghyz | |
Lexeme 1 | kunduz | |
Lexeme 2 | қундуз | |
Meaning 1 | beaver | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | otter | |
Reference | ESTJA: 6, 146 | |
Comment | In the majority of Turkic languages the word means "beaver". Old Uyghur qunduz 'beaver'; Bashkir ҡондоҙ 'beaver', Southern Altai кумдус 'beaver', Tuvan кундус 'odder', Uzbek qunduz 'odder', Turkish kunduz 'beaver', Azerbaijani qunduz 'beaver', Chuvash хӑнтӑр 'beaver' |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Hindi | |
Lexeme | ūd (ऊद) | |
Meaning 1 | beaver (Castor fiber) | |
Direction | ← | |
Meaning 2 | otter (Lutra lutra) | |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Modern Written Arabic | |
Lexeme | كَلْب الماء kalb-u l-māʔ-i | |
Meaning 1 | beaver (Castor fiber) | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | otter (Lutra lutra) | |
Reference | Wehr: 979 | |
Comment | lit. water dog |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Old Irish | |
Lexeme | dobrán | |
Meaning 1 | beaver (Castor fiber) | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | otter (Lutra lutra) | |
Reference | eDIL | |
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