hare (Lepus)
↔
coward
8 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
2643 | <animal> | → | coward | Open |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ancient Greek | |
Lexeme | πτώξ | |
Meaning 1 | hare | |
Direction | ← | |
Meaning 2 | timid, fearful | |
Reference | ||
Comment | presumably from the verb πτώσσω 'to escape, to be scared' |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Cognates | |
Language 1 | Belarusan | |
Language 2 | Russian | |
Lexeme | trus | |
Meaning 1 | rabbit | |
Meaning 2 | coward | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | German | |
Lexeme | Hase | |
Meaning 1 | hare | grauer Hase lepus |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | coward | er ist ein wahrer Hase He is a real coward |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Italian | |
Lexeme | coniglio | |
Meaning 1 | rabbit | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | coward | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Borrowing | |
Language 1 | Oyrot | |
Language 2 | Russian | |
Lexeme 1 | qojon | |
Lexeme 2 | kojon | |
Meaning 1 | hare | |
Meaning 2 | hare, coward | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Gorny Altai dialects of Russian |
NEW Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Rutul | |
Lexeme | гъыIр / ʁɨˤr | |
Meaning 1 | hare (Lepus) | гъыIрешыхда йыхьын / ʁɨˤrešɨχda jɨxɨn to hunt for hares |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | coward | гъыIред йикI ад эдеми / ʁɨˤred jikʼ ad edemi cowardly person (lit. person with hare's heart) |
Reference | Alisultanov, Sulejmanova 2019: 94 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Spanish | |
Lexeme | liebre | |
Meaning 1 | hare | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | coward | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Narumov 1995: 468 |
NEW Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Thai | |
Lexeme 1 | grà-dtàai (กระต่าย) | |
Lexeme 2 | grà-dtàai-dtʉ̀ʉn-dtuum (กระต่ายตื่นตูม) | |
Meaning 1 | hare, rabbit | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | easily startled or panicked person | |
Reference | SEAlang Thai | |
Comment | after the Rabbit in the Buddhist tale Daddhabhāya-jātaka |