<animal>
→
white caps (on sea waves)
12 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2669 | <animal> | → | cloud | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme 1 | mouton | |
| lexeme 2 | moutons | |
| meaning 1 | ram | bêlement de moutons ram bleating |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | white horses (on the waves) | |
| reference | CNRTL | |
| comment | Also the Ital. montoni | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | gås | |
| meaning 1 | goose | grågås gray goose |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | white horses (on the waves) | det gick vita gäss på vättern there were white horses on the water |
| reference | SAO | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme 1 | märr | |
| lexeme 2 | spanska märrarna | |
| meaning 1 | mare | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (white foamy) waves on the Bay of Biscay | Den natten, då vår korvett med döden som gäst red de spanska märrarna. That night, when our corvette with death as its guest rode the Spanish mares (1912) |
| reference | SAOB | |
| comment | lit. 'Spanish mares'. usual in expression rida de spanska märrarna 'ride the Spanish mares', about ships: 'travel across the Bay of Biscay in rough seas' | |