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Polysemy
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French
Lexeme
pigeon
Meaning 1
pigeon
pigeon domestique "domestic pigeon "
Direction
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Meaning 2
simpleton (colloq.)
prendre quelqu'un pour un pigeon "to take sb for a fool"
Reference
CNRTL
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Polysemy
Language
Latin
Lexeme
cuculus
Meaning 1
cuckoo
Direction
→
Meaning 2
ninny, dupe
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Realization
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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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Cf. also dinde 'turkey; pretentious and stupid woman'
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Polysemy
Language
Spanish
Lexeme
guajolote
Meaning 1
turkey cock
Direction
—
Meaning 2
fool, blockhead
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Mexican with the same two meanings of guanajo (Amer.) Narumov 1995, 400
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Polysemy
Language
Spanish
Lexeme
sinsonte
Meaning 1
mocking bird
Direction
→
Meaning 2
fool
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Cuba Narumov 1995, 704
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Type
Polysemy
Language
Spanish
Lexeme
bagre
Meaning 1
catfish
Direction
→
Meaning 2
nitwit
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Mexican. Interestingly, both in Salvador and Guatemala there is the meaning of 'dodger, coon'. Narumov 1995, 111
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Polysemy
Language
Latin
Lexeme
mulus
Meaning 1
mule
Direction
→
Meaning 2
fool, blockhead
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Realization
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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."
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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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Polysemy
Language
Spanish
Lexeme
guanaco
Meaning 1
guanaco
Direction
→
Meaning 2
simpleton, poop
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Narumov 1995: 400 Amer.
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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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Realization
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Polysemy
Language
Spanish
Lexeme
borrego
Meaning 1
lamb
Direction
→
Meaning 2
ninny
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Narumov 1995: 132
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Polysemy
Language
Italian
Lexeme
chiurlo
Meaning 1
curlew, whimbrel
Direction
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Meaning 2
fool, dupe, gaper
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Realization
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Polysemy
Language
Ancient Greek
Lexeme
κέπφος
Meaning 1
thunderbird
Direction
→
Meaning 2
fool, dupe
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ACCEPTED
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Spanish
Lexeme
peje
Meaning 1
fish
Direction
→
Meaning 2
fool
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Mexican. Narumov 1995, 574
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Polysemy
Language
Spanish
Lexeme
zángano
Meaning 1
drone
Direction
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Meaning 2
blockhead, idiot, dolt
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Narumov 1995: 804
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Polysemy
Language
Sanskrit
Lexeme
huṇḍa
Meaning 1
ram4 tiger; village hog
Direction
—
Meaning 2
blockhead
Reference
MW
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MW 1301, Кочергина 779
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Polysemy
Language
Classical Arabic
Lexeme
ṯawr-
Meaning 1
'a bull'
Direction
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Meaning 2
'a stupid, dull man, of little understanding'
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Lane 364
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Polysemy
Language
German
Lexeme
Dromedar
Meaning 1
dromedary
Direction
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Meaning 2
fool
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Realization
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Polysemy
Language
Occitan
Lexeme
pec
Meaning 1
ram
Direction
→
Meaning 2
stupid person
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Бурсье 273
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Type
Polysemy
Language
Russian
Lexeme
baran
Meaning 1
ram
Direction
→
Meaning 2
fool
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Realization
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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Lane 230
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Language
Romanian
Lexeme
bou
Meaning 1
bull
Direction
→
Meaning 2
blockhead, dolt
Reference
DRRS
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DRRS 1, 265, DER 110, NODEX
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Polysemy
Language
Spanish
Lexeme
chirote
Meaning 1
siskin
Direction
→
Meaning 2
nitwit
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The first meaning is represented in Peru, Equador, the second only in Peru. Narumov 1995, 257
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Polysemy
Language
Tigrinya
Lexeme
käbti
Meaning 1
'grazing animal, livestock, cattle'
Direction
→
Meaning 2
'blockhead, dolt'
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KT 1632
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Polysemy
Language
German
Lexeme
Ochse
Meaning 1
bull, ox
Direction
→
Meaning 2
fool (vulg. )
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ACCEPTED
Realization
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Polysemy
Language
Italian
Lexeme
castrone
Meaning 1
wether, gelded ram
Direction
→
Meaning 2
fool, loony (fig. rude)
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English
Lexeme
goat
Meaning 1
goat
Direction
→
Meaning 2
fool
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ACCEPTED
Realization
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Polysemy
Language
Burmese
Lexeme
нwà
Meaning 1
cow, bull
Direction
→
Meaning 2
stupid
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Novikov et al. 1976, 299
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Polysemy
Language
English
Lexeme
gander
Meaning 1
goose
Direction
→
Meaning 2
fool, blockhead, dupe
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Realization
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Polysemy
Language
Pashto
Lexeme
psə
Meaning 1
ram
Direction
→
Meaning 2
fool
Reference
Aslanov 1985 page 175
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