<bird> talkative person 21 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme jay
Meaning 1 jay
Direction
Meaning 2 chatterbox
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme jackdaw
Meaning 1 jackdaw
Direction
Meaning 2 chatterbox
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language French
Lexeme jaseur
Meaning 1 waxbird
Direction
Meaning 2 chatterbox
Reference
Comment The shift is backwards. The meaning 'talkative person' is obsolete.
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Icelandic
Lexeme skúmur
Meaning 1 skua gull
Direction
Meaning 2 chatterbox
Reference
Comment Берков
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Italian
Lexeme cornacchia
Meaning 1 crow
Direction
Meaning 2 chatterbox
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Italian
Lexeme cicalone
Meaning 1 gadwall
Direction
Meaning 2 chatterbox, babbler
Reference
Comment Opposite direction of the shift. Possibly: cicala 'balm-cricket; chatterbox' > cicalone 'chatterbox' > cicalone 'gadwall'
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Romanian
Lexeme gaiţă
Meaning 1 jay
Direction
Meaning 2 chatterbox (f.)
Reference DEX98
Comment DRRS 1, 896, DEX98.
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme 1 ostrohvost, ostrohvostka
Lexeme 2 ostrohvostka
Meaning 1 duck Anas acuta (lit. Pintail )
Direction
Meaning 2 newsmonger, chatterbox
Reference
Comment The dialects differ. Gossiper - Tver., duck - Kareliya, the form 'острохвост' is found in Arkhan., Sib., Kolym., Tomsk.
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme gogolka
Meaning 1 female goldeneye (bird)
Direction
Meaning 2 chatterbox (f.)
Reference
Comment The dialects differ: bird - Don., Kursk., chatterbox - the Urals. However, the word 'гоголь' meaning a bird species is rather wide spread. СРГН 6, 263
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme sektun
Meaning 1 common shoveler Аnas clipeata
Direction
Meaning 2 boaster, chatterbox
Reference
Comment 1 - Novg., Perm.
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Derivation
Language Russian
Lexeme 1 varakuša, varakuška
Lexeme 2 varaka
Meaning 1 bluethroat, Luscina svecica
Direction
Meaning 2 chatterbox
Reference
Comment A small singing bird Luscina svecica, the thrush family, with bright plumage, that can mimic other birds' singing; blue-throated warbler. Слов. Акад. 1806. Яросл. Также варакушка, 1. соловей. Сиб. 2. «Вид воробья». Нерехт. Костром.
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Spanish
Lexeme chachalaca
Meaning 1 американская свиязь (разновидность утки)
Direction
Meaning 2 chatterbox
Reference
Comment Narumov 1995: 249
ACCEPTED Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Spanish
Lexeme guacharaca
Meaning 1 chachalaca
Direction
Meaning 2 chatterbox
Reference
Comment Narumov 1995: 399
ACCEPTED Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Spanish
Lexeme perico
Meaning 1 babble, chatterbox, parakeet
Direction
Meaning 2 babbler
Reference
Comment Narumov 1995: 581
ACCEPTED Realization 15
Type Polysemy
Language Spanish
Lexeme calandria
Meaning 1 степной жаворонок
Direction
Meaning 2 chatterbox (argot)
Reference
Comment Narumov 1995: 149
ACCEPTED Realization 16
Type Polysemy
Language Spanish
Lexeme grajo
Meaning 1 rook
Direction
Meaning 2 chatterbox
Reference
Comment Narumov 1995: 396
ACCEPTED Realization 17
Type Polysemy
Language Spanish
Lexeme picotero
Meaning 1 waxbird
Direction
Meaning 2 chatterbox
Reference
Comment Narumov 1995: 589
ACCEPTED Realization 18
Type Polysemy
Language Swahili
Lexeme chiriku
Meaning 1 chaffinch (Fringilla соеlebs)
Direction
Meaning 2 chatterbox
Reference
Comment Polikanov
ACCEPTED Realization 19
Type Polysemy
Language Turkish
Lexeme alakarga
Meaning 1 jay
Direction
Meaning 2 chatterbox
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 20
Type Polysemy
Language Udmurt
Lexeme паляка
Meaning 1 quail
Direction
Meaning 2 talkative person
Reference Kirillova 2008
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 21
Type Polysemy
Language Udmurt
Lexeme супыльтӥсь
Meaning 1 jay
Direction
Meaning 2 talkative person
Reference Kirillova 2008
Comment Part. from verb супыльтыны 'to chatter'