unit of length
→
geometrid
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Belarusan | |
| lexeme 1 | пядзя | |
| lexeme 2 | пядзенік | |
| meaning 1 | span | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | geometrid | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | inch | |
| lexeme 2 | inchworm | |
| meaning 1 | unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | geometrid (caterpillar) | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | span | |
| lexeme 2 | spanworm | |
| meaning 1 | full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length; any of various traditional units of length approximating this distance, especially the English handspan of 9 inches forming ⅛ fathom and equivalent to 22.86 cm | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | geometrid (caterpillar) | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | Spanne | |
| lexeme 2 | Spanner | |
| meaning 1 | span | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | geometer moth | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Korean | |
| lexeme 1 | ja (자) | |
| lexeme 2 | jabeolle (자벌레) | |
| meaning 1 | ja or Korean foot, a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm. | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | geometrid | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | beolle (벌레) 'bug, insect (any small arthropod such as insects, spiders, etc.)' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | chǐ, chí (尺) | |
| lexeme 2 | chǐhuò (尺蠖) | |
| meaning 1 | chi; Chinese foot (a traditional Chinese unit of distance based on the human forearm and equal to 10 cun (寸) or 1/10 zhang (丈)) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | geometrid | |
| reference | BKRS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme 1 | cot | |
| lexeme 2 | cotar | |
| meaning 1 | elbow (measuring unit) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | geometer moth | cotarul fragului beech annulet |
| reference | DEX98 | |
| comment | The word cotar also means 'a person who measures the capacity of a barrel', 'an officer in charge of measuring (in cubits) of sold goods, and also of checking the due length of an elbow'. DRRS 1, 564-565, DEX98, NODEX | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | пять (pjad') | |
| lexeme 2 | пяденица (pjadenica) | |
| meaning 1 | span | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | batwing | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Ukrainian | |
| lexeme 1 | п'ядь | |
| lexeme 2 | п'яду́н | |
| meaning 1 | (historical) unit of length corresponding to the distance between the spaced ends of the thumb and index fingers, seven inches, 17.78 cm | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | geometrid | |
| reference | SUM-11 | |
| comment | ||
Названия связаны со способом передвижения гусениц у бабочек этого семейства: они двигаются, сгибаясь и разгибаясь: подтягивая задний конец тела к переднему, а потом выдвигая голову вперед, растягиваясь. Ср. лат. название Geometridae