lion (Panthera leo)
→
brave person
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | ʔalyas- | |
| meaning 1 | 'lion' | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | 'brave, intrepide' | |
| reference | ||
| comment | BK II 1048, LA VI 211; cf. SED II No. 147 for the possibilities of connection with PS *layṯ- 'lion' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kubachi | |
| lexeme | гъалбицI | |
| meaning 1 | lion (lit. 'wolf with mane') | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brave person | |
| reference | Magomedov, Saidov-Akkutta 2017: 145 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | león | |
| meaning 1 | lion | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | dare devil | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Narumov 1995: 465 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swahili | |
| lexeme | asadi | |
| meaning 1 | lion | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | courageous, brave man | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Polikanov; from Arabic ʔasad- ‘lion’, also 'a man of exceeding boldness' (Lane 57) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swahili | |
| lexeme | simba | |
| meaning 1 | lion | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | courageous, combative | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Polikanov | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | aslan | |
| meaning 1 | lion | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | man of courage | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | gazanfer | |
| meaning 1 | big lion | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brave person | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 318 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | haydar | |
| meaning 1 | lion (Panthera leo) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brave person | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 395 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | hizber | |
| meaning 1 | lion (Panthera leo) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brave person | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 410 | |
| comment | ||