frog
→
toad
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Syncretism | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | měng (黽) | |
| Meaning 1 | frog | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | toad | |
| Reference | BKRS: 12295 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme 1 | broască | |
| Lexeme 2 | broască râioasă | |
| Meaning 1 | frog | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | toad | |
| Reference | MDA2 | |
| Comment | 'scabby frog' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | ḳʷərʕo, ḳurʕo, ḳʷärʕo | |
| Meaning 1 | 'frog' | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'toad' | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | KT 946; from proto-Semitic *ḳVr(V)r- 'frog' (SED II No. 137) | |