cattle
→
cattle egret
8 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Dutch | |
| Lexeme 1 | koe | |
| Lexeme 2 | koereiger | |
| Meaning 1 | cow | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cattle egret | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme 1 | cattle | |
| Lexeme 2 | cattle egret | |
| Meaning 1 | domesticated animals of the species Bos taurus (cows, bulls, steers, oxen etc) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | small egret, Bubulcus ibis, of the heron family (Ardeidae) | |
| Reference | OED | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Finnish | |
| Lexeme 1 | lehmä | |
| Lexeme 2 | lehmähaikara | |
| Meaning 1 | cow | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cattle egret | |
| Reference | Kielitoimiston sanakirja | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme 1 | Kuh | |
| Lexeme 2 | Kuhreiher | |
| Meaning 1 | cow | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cattle egret | |
| Reference | DWDS | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme 1 | bue | |
| Lexeme 2 | guardabuoi | |
| Meaning 1 | ox | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cattle egret | |
| Reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme 1 | buey | |
| Lexeme 2 | garcilla bueyera | |
| Meaning 1 | ox | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cattle egret | |
| Reference | DRAE | |
| Comment | First element diminutive of garza 'heron' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme 1 | ko | |
| Lexeme 2 | kohäger | |
| Meaning 1 | cattle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cattle egret | |
| Reference | SAOB | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Welsh | |
| Lexeme 1 | gwartheg | |
| Lexeme 2 | crëyr y gwartheg | |
| Meaning 1 | cattle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cattle egret | |
| Reference | Geiriadur | |
| Comment | ||
So named because it is often seen alongside cattle at pasture.
First meaning can be 'cattle', 'cow', 'ox'.
Maltese agrett tal-bhejjem 'cattle egret' from bhejjem, plural of bhima 'beast; an animal, usually either as livestock or as a wild and/or dangerous creature'