tail
→
accomplice
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lezgian | |
| lexeme | tːum | |
| meaning 1 | tail | балкIандин тум horse tail |
| meaning 2 | accomplice | ам гбадан тум я He is on the same side with him. (= he is his tail) |
| reference | ||
| comment | (LezgRus 315-316). Cf. тумухъан 'hanger-on, stooge; satellite'; probably, derived from тум. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | хвост (khvost) | |
| lexeme 2 | прихвостень (prikhvosten') | |
| meaning 1 | tail | Конский хвост Horse tail |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | obsequious admirer | Меньшевики - враги пролетариата, прихвостни буржуазии. Mensheviks are enemies of proletariat, hanger-ons of the bourgeoisie. |
| reference | MAS: III, 454 | |
| comment | According to Ushakov: "The one who crouches back, trying to earn smb's good graces and trust with flatter and servility". | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tabassaran | |
| lexeme | ridž | |
| meaning 1 | tail | якъран ридж broad tail |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | henchman | яв риджар хъади мягъян do not bring your cohort |
| reference | ||
| comment | (TabRus 260) | |