<animal> → fool 32 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 3003)
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme κέπφος
meaning 1 thunderbird
direction →
meaning 2 fool, dupe
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ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 9023)
type Derivation
language Classical Arabic
lexeme 1 baġl- (بَغْل)
lexeme 2 baġula (بَغُلَ)
meaning 1 mule
direction →
meaning 2 to be stupid, dull, having no intelligence
reference Lane: 230
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ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 1909)
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme prawn
meaning 1 prawn
direction →
meaning 2 nitwit to come the raw prawn (with smb.)

reference ABBYY LINGUO
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ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 10032)
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme goat
meaning 1 goat
direction →
meaning 2 fool
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NEW Realization 5 (ID: 36374)
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
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ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 15)
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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ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 8440)
type Polysemy
language German
lexeme Dromedar
meaning 1 dromedary
direction →
meaning 2 fool
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NEW Realization 8 (ID: 33571)
type Polysemy
language Indonesian
lexeme kêrbau
meaning 1 water buffalo
direction →
meaning 2 stupid person
reference KBBI
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ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 2848)
type Polysemy
language Italian
lexeme chiurlo
meaning 1 curlew, whimbrel
direction →
meaning 2 fool, dupe, gaper
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ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 9945)
type Polysemy
language Italian
lexeme castrone
meaning 1 wether, gelded ram
direction →
meaning 2 fool, loony (fig. rude)
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ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 1156)
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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NEW Realization 12 (ID: 35515)
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 (ID: 271)
type Polysemy
language Latin
lexeme cuculus
meaning 1 cuckoo
direction →
meaning 2 ninny, dupe
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ACCEPTED Realization 14 (ID: 951)
type Polysemy
language Latin
lexeme mulus
meaning 1 mule
direction →
meaning 2 fool, blockhead
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ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 8501)
type Polysemy
language Occitan
lexeme pec
meaning 1 ram
direction →
meaning 2 stupid person
reference
comment Бурсье 273
ACCEPTED Realization 16 (ID: 12904)
type Polysemy
language Pashto
lexeme psə
meaning 1 ram
direction →
meaning 2 fool
reference Aslanov 1985: 175
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ACCEPTED Realization 17 (ID: 8863)
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme баран (baran)
meaning 1 ram
direction →
meaning 2 fool
reference <personally collected data>
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ACCEPTED Realization 18 (ID: 7985)
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 (ID: 368)
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme guajolote
meaning 1 turkey cock
direction —
meaning 2 fool, blockhead
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comment Mexican with the same two meanings of guanajo (Amer.) Narumov 1995, 400
ACCEPTED Realization 20 (ID: 580)
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme sinsonte
meaning 1 mocking bird
direction →
meaning 2 fool
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comment Cuba Narumov 1995, 704
ACCEPTED Realization 21 (ID: 808)
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
ACCEPTED Realization 22 (ID: 1327)
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme guanaco
meaning 1 guanaco
direction →
meaning 2 simpleton, poop
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comment Narumov 1995: 400 Amer.
ACCEPTED Realization 23 (ID: 1912)
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme borrego
meaning 1 lamb
direction →
meaning 2 ninny
reference
comment Narumov 1995: 132
ACCEPTED Realization 24 (ID: 3028)
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme peje
meaning 1 fish
direction →
meaning 2 fool
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comment Mexican. Narumov 1995, 574
ACCEPTED Realization 25 (ID: 6756)
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme zángano
meaning 1 drone
direction →
meaning 2 blockhead, idiot, dolt
reference
comment Narumov 1995: 804
ACCEPTED Realization 26 (ID: 9333)
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme chirote
meaning 1 siskin
direction →
meaning 2 nitwit
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comment The first meaning is represented in Peru, Equador, the second only in Peru. Narumov 1995, 257
NEW Realization 27 (ID: 51969)
type Polysemy
language Swahili
lexeme ng'ombe
meaning 1 cow, ox
direction →
meaning 2 (derogatory) idiot
reference English Wiktionary
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NEW Realization 28 (ID: 33572)
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
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ACCEPTED Realization 29 (ID: 9532)
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme käbti
meaning 1 grazing animal, livestock, cattle
direction →
meaning 2 blockhead, dolt
reference TED: 1632
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NEW Realization 30 (ID: 25881)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme kaşalot
meaning 1 cachalot, sperm whale

Sancak tarafında bir kaşalot.


Sperm whale to starboard!

direction →
meaning 2 fool (argo)

Kız burada değil sizi aptal kaşalotlar!


The girl is not here, you, stupid idiots!

reference Baskakov 1977: 520
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NEW Realization 31 (ID: 30917)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme koyun
meaning 1 sheep
direction →
meaning 2 fool
reference Baskakov 1977: 564
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NEW Realization 32 (ID: 39256)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme öküz
meaning 1 bull, ox




direction →
meaning 2 dim-witted and clumsy person




reference Baskakov 1977: 700
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