to croak
→
to predict misfortune
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | croak | |
| meaning 1 | (of a frog or crow) make a characteristic deep hoarse sound | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | archaic prophesy evil or misfortune, esp. unjustifiably and to the irritation of others | without croaking, it may be observed that our government is upon a dangerous experiment |
| reference | OAD | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Komi-Permyak | |
| lexeme | карзыны | |
| meaning 1 | to croak | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to predict misfortune | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | https://dict.fu-lab.ru/term?tid=1287753 |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Lithuanian | |
| lexeme 1 | krañkti | |
| lexeme 2 | iškrañkti (bėdą) | |
| meaning 1 | to croak | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to croak, to draw down (trouble) | iškrañkti bėdą to invite disaster |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | каркать (karkat') | |
| lexeme 2 | накаркать (nakarkat') | |
| meaning 1 | to caw | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to evoke evil by prophecying it [by talking about it] | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
Журавлев 2005, 859