worm snake 31 realizations
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Akhvakh
lexeme бека
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference IDS
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NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Andi
lexeme берка
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference IDS
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Botlikh
lexeme берка
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 snake беркулъи загьру
snake poison
reference Alekseev, Azaev 2019: 67
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NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Central Siberian Yupik
lexeme nɨmɨɡʲjaq
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference NorthEuraLex
comment

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ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Chamalal
lexeme beča
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference
comment ЧРС 72
NEW Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Chukchee
lexeme kəmʔəɬɣən
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference NorthEuraLex
comment

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NEW Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Estonian
lexeme uss
meaning 1 (zoology) worm

Kaanid kuuluvad usside hulka.

Poiss ajas õnge otsa priske ussi.


Leeches are worms.

The boy baited a hook with a worm.

direction
meaning 2 snake

ussi sisin

ussilt salvata saama


the hissing of a snake

get bitten by a snake

reference EKSS
comment

Uss in the definition of "snake" is commonly used for smaller snakes, that are native to Estonia, such as a viper or a grass snake, whereas larger, poisonous snakes are referred to as madu.

Мухель 1973: 588

ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Cognates
language 1 Finnish
language 2 Estonian
lexeme 1 mato
lexeme 2 madu
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference Kielitoimiston sanakirja EKSS
comment

Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, (editors) Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ https://sanat.csc.fi/wiki/EVE:mato

Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2012 https://www.eki.ee/dict/ety/index.cgi?Q=madu

ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Cognates
language 1 Harsusi
language 2 Akkadian
lexeme 1 šəbšīb
lexeme 2 šibbu
meaning 1 small red worm, centipede
direction
meaning 2 a snake
reference SED II: no. 200 HL: 123 CAD: š 2, 375
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NEW Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Hup
lexeme jɔ̃h
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference Huber, Reed 1992
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ACCEPTED Realization 11
type Derivation
language Japanese
lexeme 1 mushi
lexeme 2 mamushi
meaning 1 insect, worm 畑で虫をついばんでいる鳥 hatake de mushi o tsuibande iru tori
a bird pecking at insects in the field
direction
meaning 2 viper まむしのように怖い蛇ではない mamushi no yō na osoroshii hebi de wa nai
this snake is not as terrible as a viper
reference BCCWJ
comment ma-mushi lit. "true worm"
ACCEPTED Realization 12
type Cognates
language 1 Jewish Aramaic
language 2 Jibbali
lexeme 1 hī(ʔ)
lexeme 2 hɔt
meaning 1 name of a worm
direction
meaning 2 big, long snake
reference SED II: no. 95 Jastrow: 328 JL: 100
comment
NEW Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Karelian
lexeme mato
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 (dialect) snake
reference Zajkov, Rugoeva 1999
comment
NEW Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Khwarshi
lexeme бекол
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference IDS
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NEW Realization 15
type Polysemy
language Koryak
lexeme ынгэм
meaning 1 worm, caterpillar
direction
meaning 2 viper
reference Žukova 1990: 88
comment
NEW Realization 16
type Syncretism
language Kwaio
lexeme waa
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 17
type Polysemy
language Lak
lexeme шатта
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference IDS
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Balikhar dialect

NEW Realization 18
type Derivation
language Manam
lexeme 1 mwata-mwata
lexeme 2 mwata
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference ACD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 19
type Polysemy
language Mandarin Chinese
lexeme chóng (虫)
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference BKRS
comment Also 'insect'
NEW Realization 20
type Polysemy
language Middle English
lexeme worm
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference MED
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 21
type Polysemy
language Norwegian
lexeme orm
meaning 1 worm leddorm
annelid worm
direction
meaning 2 snake hoggorm
viper
reference BO
comment
NEW Realization 22
type Polysemy
language Old English
lexeme wyrm
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference Bosworth, Toller
comment
NEW Realization 23
type Derivation
language Saliba (New Guinea)
lexeme 1 mwata-mwata
lexeme 2 mwata
meaning 1 earthworm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference ACD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 24
type Polysemy
language Sanskrit
lexeme vihrut
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 a species of a snake
reference MW: 1003
comment Кочергина 614
NEW Realization 25
type Polysemy
language Tindi
lexeme бекʼа
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference IDS
comment

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NEW Realization 26
type Polysemy
language Tundra Yukaghir
lexeme t͡ʃitnej kødʲe
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference NorthEuraLex
comment

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NEW Realization 27
type Polysemy
language Tver Karelian
lexeme mado
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference Punžina 1994
comment
NEW Realization 28
type Syncretism
language Udihe
lexeme кулига
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference Podmaskin 1984: 219
comment
NEW Realization 29
type Polysemy
language Veps
lexeme mado
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

ACCEPTED Realization 30
type Polysemy
language Wolane
lexeme tuli
meaning 1 worm
direction
meaning 2 serpent, snake
reference EDG: 597
comment From Proto-Semitic *tawliʕ(-at)- 'worm', see SED II No. 230.
NEW Realization 31
type Cognates
language 1 Woleaian
language 2 Lakon (Lakona)
lexeme 1 mwat(a)
lexeme 2 mwat
meaning 1 underground worm
direction
meaning 2 snake
reference ACD
comment