Number of realizations
30
<animal>
—
fool
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | pigeon | |
| Meaning 1 | pigeon | pigeon domestique "domestic pigeon " |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | simpleton (colloq.) | prendre quelqu'un pour un pigeon "to take sb for a fool" |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
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| Comment | ||
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | cuculus | |
| Meaning 1 | cuckoo | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | ninny, dupe | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | dindon | |
| Meaning 1 | turkey cock | magnifique dindon de ferme "a wonderful farm turkey cock" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fool (colloq.) | C'est un vrai dindon "He is a real fool" |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
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| Comment | Cf. also dinde 'turkey; pretentious and stupid woman' | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | guajolote | |
| Meaning 1 | turkey cock | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | fool, blockhead | |
| Reference | ||
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| Comment | Mexican with the same two meanings of guanajo (Amer.) Narumov 1995, 400 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | sinsonte | |
| Meaning 1 | mocking bird | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fool | |
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| Comment | Cuba Narumov 1995, 704 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | bagre | |
| Meaning 1 | catfish | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | nitwit | |
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| Comment | Mexican. Interestingly, both in Salvador and Guatemala there is the meaning of 'dodger, coon'. Narumov 1995, 111 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | mulus | |
| Meaning 1 | mule | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fool, blockhead | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme | kamo | |
| Meaning 1 | wild duck | この湖には、たくさんのハクチョウやカモが集まる。Kono mizūmi ni wa, takusan no hakuchō ya kamo ga atsumaru. "Lots of swans and ducks gather on this lake." |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | simpleton, dupe | “ものわかりの良い国民”は役人や政治家のカモにされる 'Monowakari no yoi kokumin' wa yakunin ya seijika no kamo ni sareru "'Sensible citizens' are preyed upon (lit. are made into ducks by) bureaucrats and politicians." |
| Reference | BCCWJ | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | guanaco | |
| Meaning 1 | guanaco | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | simpleton, poop | |
| Reference | ||
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| Comment | Narumov 1995: 400 Amer. | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | prawn | |
| Meaning 1 | prawn | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | nitwit | to come the raw prawn (with smb.) "to come the raw prawn (with smb.)" |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | borrego | |
| Meaning 1 | lamb | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | ninny | |
| Reference | ||
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| Comment | Narumov 1995: 132 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme | chiurlo | |
| Meaning 1 | curlew, whimbrel | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fool, dupe, gaper | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | κέπφος | |
| Meaning 1 | thunderbird | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fool, dupe | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | peje | |
| Meaning 1 | fish | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fool | |
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| Comment | Mexican. Narumov 1995, 574 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | zángano | |
| Meaning 1 | drone | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | blockhead, idiot, dolt | |
| Reference | ||
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| Comment | Narumov 1995: 804 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | huṇḍa | |
| Meaning 1 | ram4 tiger; village hog | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | blockhead | |
| Reference | MW | |
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| Comment | MW 1301, Кочергина 779 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | ṯawr- | |
| Meaning 1 | 'a bull' | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'a stupid, dull man, of little understanding' | |
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| Comment | Lane 364 | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | Dromedar | |
| Meaning 1 | dromedary | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fool | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Occitan | |
| Lexeme | pec | |
| Meaning 1 | ram | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid person | |
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| Comment | Бурсье 273 | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | baran | |
| Meaning 1 | ram | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fool | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme 1 | baġl- | |
| Lexeme 2 | baġula | |
| Meaning 1 | 'mule' | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'he affected stupidity, dullness, lack of intelligence' | |
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| Comment | Lane 230 | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme | bou | |
| Meaning 1 | bull | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | blockhead, dolt | |
| Reference | DRRS | |
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| Comment | DRRS 1, 265, DER 110, NODEX | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | chirote | |
| Meaning 1 | siskin | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | nitwit | |
| Reference | ||
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| Comment | The first meaning is represented in Peru, Equador, the second only in Peru. Narumov 1995, 257 | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | käbti | |
| Meaning 1 | 'grazing animal, livestock, cattle' | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'blockhead, dolt' | |
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| Comment | KT 1632 | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | Ochse | |
| Meaning 1 | bull, ox | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fool (vulg. ) | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme | castrone | |
| Meaning 1 | wether, gelded ram | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fool, loony (fig. rude) | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | goat | |
| Meaning 1 | goat | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fool | |
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| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Burmese | |
| Lexeme | нwà | |
| Meaning 1 | cow, bull | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | |
| Reference | ||
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| Comment | Novikov et al. 1976, 299 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | gander | |
| Meaning 1 | goose | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fool, blockhead, dupe | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Pashto | |
| Lexeme | psə | |
| Meaning 1 | ram | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fool | |
| Reference | Aslanov 1985 page 175 | |
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