crocodile
→
seahorse (Hippocampus)
10 realizations
GROUP: Malayo-Polynesian
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 (ID: 43042) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Arosi | |
| lexeme 1 | huasa + bote | |
| lexeme 2 | bote huasa | |
| meaning 1 | crocodile + louse | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | seahorse (Hippocampus) | |
| reference | Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 4, 56 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 (ID: 43040) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Bariai | |
| lexeme 1 | puaea + gereirei | |
| lexeme 2 | puaea gerei-rei | |
| meaning 1 | crocodile + newly-hatched | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | seahorse (Hippocampus) | |
| reference | Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 4, 56 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 (ID: 43043) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Dobu | |
| lexeme 1 | warigoa | |
| lexeme 2 | wari-warigoa | |
| meaning 1 | crocodile | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | seahorse or pipefish | |
| reference | Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 4, 57 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 (ID: 43044) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Kove | |
| lexeme 1 | baɣele + ato | |
| lexeme 2 | baɣele ele ato | |
| meaning 1 | crocodile + messenger | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | seahorse (Hippocampus) | |
| reference | Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 4, 57 | |
| comment | ele ‘its’ |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 37797) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Lau (Malaita island) | |
| lexeme 1 | fuasa | |
| lexeme 2 | fuasa ni ʔafu | |
| meaning 1 | crocodile | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | seahorse (Hippocampus) | |
| reference | ACD | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 6 (ID: 43041) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Lau (Malaita island) | |
| lexeme 1 | fuasa + niʔafu | |
| lexeme 2 | fuasa niʔafu | |
| meaning 1 | crocodile + green seaweed | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | seahorse (Hippocampus) | |
| reference | Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 4, 56 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 37798) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Numbami (Siboma) | |
| lexeme | yuwaya | |
| meaning 1 | saltwater crocodile: Crocodilus porosus | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | seahorse (Hippocampus) | |
| reference | ACD | |
| comment | also yuwaya tina 'seahorse' lit. ‘crocodile mother’ | |
| NEW Realization 8 (ID: 43039) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Numbami (Siboma) | |
| lexeme 1 | yuwaya + tina | |
| lexeme 2 | yuwaya tina | |
| meaning 1 | crocodile + mother | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | seahorse (Hippocampus) | |
| reference | Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 4, 56 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 37795) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Roviana | |
| lexeme 1 | vua | |
| lexeme 2 | vu-vua | |
| meaning 1 | crocodile | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | seahorse (Hippocampus) | |
| reference | ACD Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 4, 56 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 10 (ID: 43038) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Yamdena | |
| lexeme 1 | bwaye | |
| lexeme 2 | bwa-watan | |
| meaning 1 | crocodile | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | seahorse (Hippocampus) | |
| reference | Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 4, 56 | |
| comment | ||
Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 4, 56-57
Also Gela hinapi ni vua ‘various pipefish spp.’ (lit. ‘crocodile limestick’)