<animal>
→
cloud
11 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2670 | <animal> | → | white caps (on sea waves) | Open |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | mouton | |
| meaning 1 | sheep | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | a fluffy cloud with rounded edges | Le ciel, d'un bleu cru de lessive, se tachait de shrapnells dont le troupeau blanc s'amassait, pareils à ces moutons floconneux d'été qui présagent le beau temps (Dorgelès, Croix de bois,1919, p. 187). |
| reference | CNRTL | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme 1 | makrill | |
| lexeme 2 | makrillmoln | |
| meaning 1 | mackerel | rökt makrill smoked mackerel |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | lit. Mackerel clouds | |
| reference | SAO | |
| comment | Also the Eng. mackerel sky, Nor. Makrellskyer. OED: "like a pattern on mackerel's back". | |
также иврит ананей кивса 'облака овечки'