to strike, hit → woodpecker 7 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Derivation
language Bulgarian
lexeme 1 кълва (kălva)
lexeme 2 кълвач (kălvač)
meaning 1 to peck
direction →
meaning 2 woodpecker
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Derivation
language English
lexeme 1 peck
lexeme 2 woodpecker
meaning 1 to peck
direction →
meaning 2 woodpecker
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Derivation
language German
lexeme 1 hauen
lexeme 2 Baumhauer
meaning 1 to beat
direction →
meaning 2 woodpecker
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Derivation
language Mongolian (Khalkha)
lexeme 1 tonši-
lexeme 2 tonšuul
meaning 1 to beat, to knock, to batter
direction →
meaning 2 woodpecker
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comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 долбить
lexeme 2 долбилка (арханг.)
meaning 1 to hollow out, to peck
direction →
meaning 2 pecker
reference
comment Фасмер 1,562.
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Derivation
language Swahili
lexeme ng'ota
meaning 1 to knock, to hit
direction →
meaning 2 woodpecker
reference
comment Polikanov
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Derivation
language Ukrainian
lexeme 1 довбати (dovbaty)
lexeme 2 довбач, довбало (dovbač, dovbalo)
meaning 1 to hollow out, to peck
direction →
meaning 2 woodpecker
reference
comment Фасмер 1,562

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