pigeon (Columba)
→
maize
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2406 | <foreigner> | → | maize | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | porumb | |
| meaning 1 | pigeon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | corn, maize | |
| reference | DER | |
| comment | For the word porumb 'pigeon' is considered an obsolete meaning, it is absent in в DEX98, Seche 2002, but present in Dicționar ortografic 2002, NODEX and it is also listed as the first meaning historically in DEX 623. The principal word for pigeon is porumbel | |
Buck 519: due to the dove-like appearance of the ear of corn with its folded sheath or to a resemblance in color. In It. dial. columbine used of the white popping corn, the association with doves is more obvious.