to bark → to quarrel 27 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 4167)
type Cognates
language Aghul
lexeme aluʜas
meaning 1 to bark
meaning 2 to swear, to curse
reference
comment The meanings are distrubuted between dialects.
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 4434)
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme βαΰζω
meaning 1 to bark
meaning 2 to grudge
reference
comment LSJ 311
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 9821)
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme ὑλακτέω
meaning 1 to bark
direction →
meaning 2 to assault
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 21471)
type Polysemy
language Dutch
lexeme aanblaffen
meaning 1 to bark
direction →
meaning 2 to swear, to curse someone
reference Mironov 1987: 15
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 9076)
type Polysemy
language Erzya
lexeme онгомс
meaning 1 to bark
direction →
meaning 2 to swear, to curse
reference
comment ЭрзРС 438
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 6310)
type Polysemy
language Gagauz
lexeme sal-
meaning 1 to bark, to yelp
direction —
meaning 2 to quarrel, to scold
reference
comment ГРМС 395.
ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 26799)
type Polysemy
language Karelian
lexeme haukkuo
meaning 1 to bark

koko yön koirat haukuttih


the dogs barked all night
direction →
meaning 2 to quarrel

hiän haukku milma silmät veteh


He scolded me to tears
reference Zajkov, Rugoeva 1999: 25
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 26080)
type Polysemy
language Kazakh
lexeme абалау
meaning 1 to bark
direction →
meaning 2 to swear, to curse
reference Syzdykova, Xusain (eds.) 2008: 19
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 5314)
type Polysemy
language Kildin Saami
lexeme угкэ
meaning 1 to bark пēннэ угк
the dog is barking
direction —
meaning 2 to swear, to curse
reference Kuruč 1985: 367
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 1159)
type Polysemy
language Komi
lexeme увтны
meaning 1 to bark (at smn)
direction →
meaning 2 to scold
reference
comment КомиРС 677
ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 34837)
type Polysemy
language Komi
lexeme женгыны
meaning 1 to bark loudly
direction →
meaning 2 to quarrel
reference Beznosikova et al. 2000
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 38894)
type Polysemy
language Komi-Permyak
lexeme кавгыны
meaning 1 to bark
direction →
meaning 2 to quarrel
reference <personally collected data>
comment

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ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 39154)
type Polysemy
language Komi-Permyak
lexeme лявзыны
meaning 1 to bark
direction →
meaning 2 to quarrel
reference <personally collected data>
comment

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ACCEPTED Realization 14 (ID: 3315)
type Polysemy
language Lithuanian
lexeme lóti
meaning 1 to bark
direction →
meaning 2 to scold
reference
comment LRŽ 387
ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 637)
type Polysemy
language Modern Greek
lexeme βαβίζω
meaning 1 to bark
direction —
meaning 2 to swear, to curse
reference
comment Хориков, Малев 175
ACCEPTED Realization 16 (ID: 9429)
type Polysemy
language Modern Greek
lexeme γαυγίζω
meaning 1 to bark
direction →
meaning 2 to swear, to curse
reference
comment Хориков, Малев 207
ACCEPTED Realization 17 (ID: 3479)
type Polysemy
language Moksha
lexeme лавгамс
meaning 1 to bark пинень лавгась
the dog was barking
meaning 2 to swear, to curse саты лавгамс фкя-фкянь лангс
Stop quarelling
reference
comment МокшРС 318
ACCEPTED Realization 18 (ID: 4850)
type Polysemy
language Moksha
lexeme увамс
meaning 1 to bark
meaning 2 to scold, to rebuke Лама уват - тонцьке уваф улят
If you use gross language to much, someone will surely use it on you
reference
comment МокшРС 770
NEW Realization 19 (ID: 47216)
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme lǎtra
meaning 1 to bark
direction →
meaning 2 to quarrel
reference Andrianov, Mixalchi 1954: 488
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 20 (ID: 1554)
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme аркаться (arkat'sja)
meaning 1 to bark at each other
direction —
meaning 2 to swear, to curse А ты не больно аркайся!
Don't you dare to use gross language!
reference
comment dialectal word СРНГ 1, 275-276
ACCEPTED Realization 21 (ID: 3477)
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme брехать (brehat')
meaning 1 to bark
direction —
meaning 2 to shout, to make noise, to yell
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 22 (ID: 3684)
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 лаять (lajat')
lexeme 2 лаяться, облаять (lajat'sja, oblajat')
meaning 1 to bark
direction —
meaning 2 to quarrel, to scold
reference
comment Cf. Bel. лаяць 'to scold', лаянка 'quarrel', Ucr. лайка 'quarrel', Pol. polajanka 'quarrel' (СД 1, 250)
ACCEPTED Realization 23 (ID: 1868)
type Polysemy
language Swahili
lexeme mkemeo
meaning 1 shout, bark, roar
direction —
meaning 2 quarrel, scolding
reference
comment Polikanov
ACCEPTED Realization 24 (ID: 9776)
type Polysemy
language Tabassaran
lexeme ämpar ap’ub
meaning 1 to bark (lit. to make a bark, derived from an onomatopoeic word)
direction —
meaning 2 to swear, to curse
reference
comment (TabRus 70)
ACCEPTED Realization 25 (ID: 3696)
type Polysemy
language Uzbek
lexeme akilla-
meaning 1 to bark
meaning 2 to swear, to curse, to lie
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 26 (ID: 6699)
type Polysemy
language Yakut
lexeme маргый-
meaning 1 to bark loudly (dog)
direction →
meaning 2 to shout loudly and angrily
reference
comment ЯРС 235.
ACCEPTED Realization 27 (ID: 12397)
type Polysemy
language Yaqui (Hiaki)
lexeme voe
meaning 1 to bark (of a dog)
direction →
meaning 2 to argue (with emo)
reference Dictionary Yaqui: 189
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