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32 realizations
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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 | |
| comment | ||
| 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 | |
| comment | ||
| 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 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 8 (ID: 33571) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Indonesian | |
| lexeme | kêrbau | |
| meaning 1 | water buffalo | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | stupid person | |
| reference | KBBI | |
| comment | ||
| 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 | |
| comment | ||
| 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 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 (ID: 12904) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Pashto | |
| lexeme | psə | |
| meaning 1 | ram | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fool | |
| reference | Aslanov 1985: 175 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 (ID: 8863) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | баран (baran) | |
| meaning 1 | ram | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fool | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| 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 | |
| NEW Realization 27 (ID: 51969) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swahili | |
| lexeme | ng'ombe | |
| meaning 1 | cow, ox | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (derogatory) idiot | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| 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 | |
| comment | ||
| 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 | |
| comment | ||
| 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 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 31 (ID: 30917) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | koyun | |
| meaning 1 | sheep | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fool | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 564 | |
| comment | ||
| 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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