<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 The meaning 'talkative person' is obsolete.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 острохвост, острохвостка (ostrohvost, ostrohvostka)
lexeme 2 острохвостка (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 гоголька (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 сектун (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 варакуша, варакушка (varakuša, varakuška)
lexeme 2 варака (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'

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