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fool
30 realizations
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | κέπφος | |
| meaning 1 | thunderbird | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fool, dupe | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme 1 | baġl- | |
| lexeme 2 | baġula | |
| meaning 1 | 'mule' | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | 'he affected stupidity, dullness, lack of intelligence' | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Lane 230 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | prawn | |
| meaning 1 | prawn | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | nitwit | to come the raw prawn (with smb.) |
| reference | ABBYY LINGUO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | goat | |
| meaning 1 | goat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fool | |
| reference | ||
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| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | snipe | |
| meaning 1 | any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | fool | For I mine own gained knowledge should profane,/ If I would time expend with such a snipe,/ But for my sport and profit (William Shakespeare, Othello, act I, scene 3, line 390) |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | Dromedar | |
| meaning 1 | dromedary | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fool | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Indonesian | |
| lexeme | kêrbau | |
| meaning 1 | water buffalo | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | stupid person | |
| reference | KBBI | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme | chiurlo | |
| meaning 1 | curlew, whimbrel | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fool, dupe, gaper | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme | castrone | |
| meaning 1 | wether, gelded ram | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fool, loony (fig. rude) | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Khoekhoe | |
| lexeme | fárkh^b {farkheb} n. | |
| meaning 1 | pig | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | derog. blockhead | |
| reference | Haacke Khoekhoe 2002 | |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | cuculus | |
| meaning 1 | cuckoo | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ninny, dupe | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | mulus | |
| meaning 1 | mule | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fool, blockhead | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Occitan | |
| lexeme | pec | |
| meaning 1 | ram | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | stupid person | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Бурсье 273 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Pashto | |
| lexeme | psə | |
| meaning 1 | ram | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fool | |
| reference | Aslanov 1985: 175 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | баран (baran) | |
| meaning 1 | ram | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fool | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sanskrit | |
| lexeme | huṇḍa | |
| meaning 1 | ram4 tiger; village hog | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | blockhead | |
| reference | MW | |
| comment | MW 1301, Кочергина 779 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | guajolote | |
| meaning 1 | turkey cock | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | fool, blockhead | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Mexican with the same two meanings of guanajo (Amer.) Narumov 1995, 400 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | sinsonte | |
| meaning 1 | mocking bird | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fool | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Cuba Narumov 1995, 704 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | bagre | |
| meaning 1 | catfish | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | nitwit | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Mexican. Interestingly, both in Salvador and Guatemala there is the meaning of 'dodger, coon'. Narumov 1995, 111 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 22 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | guanaco | |
| meaning 1 | guanaco | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | simpleton, poop | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Narumov 1995: 400 Amer. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 23 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | borrego | |
| meaning 1 | lamb | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ninny | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Narumov 1995: 132 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 24 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | peje | |
| meaning 1 | fish | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fool | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Mexican. Narumov 1995, 574 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 25 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | zángano | |
| meaning 1 | drone | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | blockhead, idiot, dolt | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Narumov 1995: 804 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 26 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | chirote | |
| meaning 1 | siskin | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | nitwit | |
| reference | ||
| comment | The first meaning is represented in Peru, Equador, the second only in Peru. Narumov 1995, 257 | |
| NEW Realization 27 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | kwaai (ควาย) | |
| meaning 1 | water buffalo | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (slang, vulgar, derogatory, very offensive) stupid person; idiot | |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 28 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | käbti | |
| meaning 1 | 'grazing animal, livestock, cattle' | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | 'blockhead, dolt' | |
| reference | ||
| comment | KT 1632 | |
| NEW Realization 29 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | koyun | |
| meaning 1 | sheep | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fool | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 564 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 30 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | öküz | |
| meaning 1 | bull, ox | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | dim-witted and clumsy person | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 700 | |
| comment | ||