monkey
→
ugly, unpleasant
8 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | French | |
Lexeme | guenon | |
Meaning 1 | monkey, ape (female) | agilité de guenon the agility of a monkey |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | ugly woman | |
Reference | CNRTL | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | French | |
Lexeme | singe | |
Meaning 1 | monkey, ape | un singe d'Asie an asian monkey |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | plain person | |
Reference | CNRTL | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | French | |
Lexeme | macaque | |
Meaning 1 | macaque | agilité de macaque the agility of a macaque |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | ugly creature | |
Reference | CNRTL | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | French | |
Lexeme | magot | |
Meaning 1 | magot | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | ugly man | |
Reference | CNRTL | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Gagauz | |
Lexeme | maymun | |
Meaning 1 | monkey, ape | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | ugly | |
Reference | ||
Comment | ГРМС 323. The same in Turk. Maymun |
NEW Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Meadow Mari | |
Lexeme | овда | |
Meaning 1 | (archaic) monkey | Овыдавлӓ пушӓнгӹ вуйышты ӹлӓш яратат. Monkeys love to climb trees |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | messy, unkempt person | |
Reference | Marij jylme muter | |
Comment | Probably from Chuvash опăте, упăти 'monkey' (Alatyrev 1988, 49-50) |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Romanian | |
Lexeme | coşcodan | |
Meaning 1 | monkey | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | plain person | |
Reference | DEX98 | |
Comment | DRRS 1, 563, DEX98 (The first meaning is that of marmoset (Cercopithecus)) |
ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Udmurt | |
Lexeme | абда, абдан | |
Meaning 1 | monkey, ape | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | ugly creature, ugliness; ugly, miserable | |
Reference | Kirillova 2008: 23 | |
Comment |