to croak
→
to predict misfortune
3 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 | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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