hare (Lepus)
↔
coward
8 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2643 | <animal> | → | coward | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Belarusan | |
| language 2 | Russian | |
| lexeme | trus | |
| meaning 1 | rabbit | |
| meaning 2 | coward | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme | coniglio | |
| meaning 1 | rabbit | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | coward | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | liebre | |
| meaning 1 | hare | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | coward | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Narumov 1995: 468 | |
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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