<bird>
↔
talkative person
21 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
1311 | magpie (Pica pica) | → | talkative person | Open |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | English | |
lexeme | jay | |
meaning 1 | jay | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | chatterbox | |
reference | ||
comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | English | |
lexeme | jackdaw | |
meaning 1 | jackdaw | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | chatterbox | |
reference | ||
comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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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 The meaning 'talkative person' is obsolete.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 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Icelandic | |
lexeme | skúmur | |
meaning 1 | skua gull | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | chatterbox | |
reference | ||
comment | Берков |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Italian | |
lexeme | cornacchia | |
meaning 1 | crow | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | chatterbox | |
reference | ||
comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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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 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Romanian | |
lexeme | gaiţă | |
meaning 1 | jay | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | chatterbox (f.) | |
reference | DEX98 | |
comment | DRRS 1, 896, DEX98. |
ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Spanish | |
lexeme | chachalaca | |
meaning 1 | американская свиязь (разновидность утки) | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | chatterbox | |
reference | ||
comment | Narumov 1995: 249 |
ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Spanish | |
lexeme | guacharaca | |
meaning 1 | chachalaca | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | chatterbox | |
reference | ||
comment | Narumov 1995: 399 |
ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Spanish | |
lexeme | perico | |
meaning 1 | babble, chatterbox, parakeet | |
direction | ← | |
meaning 2 | babbler | |
reference | ||
comment | Narumov 1995: 581 |
ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Spanish | |
lexeme | calandria | |
meaning 1 | степной жаворонок | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | chatterbox (argot) | |
reference | ||
comment | Narumov 1995: 149 |
ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Spanish | |
lexeme | grajo | |
meaning 1 | rook | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | chatterbox | |
reference | ||
comment | Narumov 1995: 396 |
ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Spanish | |
lexeme | picotero | |
meaning 1 | waxbird | |
direction | ← | |
meaning 2 | chatterbox | |
reference | ||
comment | Narumov 1995: 589 |
ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Swahili | |
lexeme | chiriku | |
meaning 1 | chaffinch (Fringilla соеlebs) | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | chatterbox | |
reference | ||
comment | Polikanov |
ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Turkish | |
lexeme | alakarga | |
meaning 1 | jay | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | chatterbox | |
reference | ||
comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 20 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Udmurt | |
lexeme | паляка | |
meaning 1 | quail | |
direction | — | |
meaning 2 | talkative person | |
reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 21 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Udmurt | |
lexeme | супыльтӥсь | |
meaning 1 | jay | |
direction | — | |
meaning 2 | talkative person | |
reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
comment | Part. from verb супыльтыны 'to chatter' |
неясно, связаны ли птица балабан и ряз. балабан 'болтун, пустомеля' (СРНГ 2, 65).