donkey
→
stubborn person
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1394 | donkey | → | fool | Open |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme | magarac | |
| meaning 1 | donkey | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | stubborn person | tvrdoglav kao magarac stubborn as a donkey (very stubborn person) |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Karaim | |
| lexeme | къатыр | |
| meaning 1 | mule, donkey | |
| meaning 2 | stubborn, tough | къатыр киши-+ obstinate person |
| reference | ||
| comment | КРПС 367. | |
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | магарац (magarac) | |
| meaning 1 | donkey | нубијски магарац, сомалијски магарац Nubian donkey, Somali donkey |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | stubborn person | тврдоглав као магарац stubborn as a donkey (very stubborn person) |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 665 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | katır | |
| meaning 1 | mule | Ve katır süren bir kowboy pek sık görülmez. And how often does one see a cowhand riding a mule? |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | stubborn person | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 521 | |
| comment | Usually used as katır gibi 'stubborn like a mule' or katır inadı var 'he has a stubborness of a mule', so it might be not yet a semantic shift here. | |
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | keçi | |
| meaning 1 | she-goat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | stubborn person | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 529 | |
| comment | ||
ср. рус. ослиное упрямство, пол. uparty jak osioł 'упрямый как осел'. Гура А. В. Осел // СД 3, 568
Похоже, что в переносном значении это глупость (Какой я я осёл!), а при сравнении - упрямство.