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cigarette butt
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | roach | |
| meaning 1 | roach (Rutilus rutilus) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | the butt of a marijuana cigarette | |
| reference | Merriam-Webster | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Modern Greek | |
| lexeme | γόπα | |
| meaning 1 | goby | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cigarette butt, stub of the cigarette | |
| reference | Xorikov, Malev 1993: 225 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | бычок (byčok) | |
| meaning 1 | goby | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | cigarette butt, stub of the cigarette | Бычка! — подскочил один из братьев и, взяв окурок, роскошно и шумно вдувая воздух, наслаждаясь, затянулся. [Велимир Хлебников, Малиновая шашка (1921) ] |
| reference | ||
| comment | The earliest mention in school folklore since 1912. Thus, the folk etymology from Belomorkanal (BK) mark of cigarettes is obviously false. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | izmarit | |
| meaning 1 | sea bream (Spicara smaris) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cigarette butt, stub of the cigarette | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 489 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | kefal | |
| meaning 1 | Mugil cephalus | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cigarette butt (argo) | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 529 | |
| comment | ||