rooster → brave person 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Balinese
lexeme sabung
meaning 1 rooster
direction →
meaning 2 hero, soldier
reference
comment Гирц Клиффорд Глубокая игра: заметки о петушиных боях у балинцев // Гирц К. Интерпретация культур. М., 2004, с.478-522.
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Swahili
lexeme jogoo
meaning 1 rooster jogoo la pili
second cockcrow (about 4 am)
direction —
meaning 2 man of courage jogoo la shamba haliwiki mjini
A village braveheart does not sing in town (proverb)
reference
comment Polikanov
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Zulu
lexeme i-qhude
meaning 1 rooster nala kungekho-qhude, liyasa
The sunrise will come even without a rooster (proverb)
direction →
meaning 2 brave person
reference Луцков А.Д. Зулу-Русский словарь 2014: 188
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