<animal>
→
cunning person
18 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1147 | fox (Vulpes vulpes) | ↔ | cunning person | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | πίθων | |
| meaning 1 | monkey, ape (Babrios) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | flatterer, sycophant (Pindar) | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | coon | |
| meaning 1 | racoon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cunning fox | |
| reference | ||
| comment | For the word 'racoon' the figurative meaning was not indicated. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | Luchs | |
| meaning 1 | lynx | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cunning fox | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Japanese | |
| lexeme | tanuki (狸) | |
| meaning 1 | racoon dog | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cunning fox | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Japanese | |
| lexeme | saru (猿 ) | |
| meaning 1 | monkey, ape | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cunning fox | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | жук | |
| meaning 1 | beatle | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (informal) cunning person | |
| reference | Krivoščapova 2007: 152 | |
| comment | жук ‘about a crafty, cunning person, a rogue’ [ССРЛЯ 4, 188], жук ‘about the flatterer’ (Smolensk) [СРНГ 9, 222], жуковатый ‘sly, crafty’ [ЯОС 4, 50], (slang) жук ‘a person belonging to the criminal community’ [БСЖ, 186] | |
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Slovenian | |
| lexeme | tǝč | |
| meaning 1 | (dialect) bird | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (dialect) sly person | |
| reference | Čujec Stres: 2, 348 | |
| comment | Zatolmin Slovenian |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | lagarto | |
| meaning 1 | lizard | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cunning fox, dodger | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Narumov 1995: 456 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | macuco | |
| meaning 1 | partridge (variety) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | cunning fox | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Narumov 1995: 480 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | pájaro | |
| meaning 1 | bird | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cunning fox | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Narumov 1995: 550 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | culebrón | |
| meaning 1 | big snake | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | dodger (colloq.) | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Narumov 1995: 245 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | jaiba | |
| meaning 1 | crawfish | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cunning fox, dodger | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Narumov 1995: 445 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | caimán | |
| meaning 1 | caiman | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cunning fox | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Narumov 1995: 147 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | lince | |
| meaning 1 | lynx | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cunning fox, dodger | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Narumov 1995: 470 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | bagre | |
| meaning 1 | catfish | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cunning fox, dodger | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Narumov 1995: 111 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swahili | |
| lexeme | fisi | |
| meaning 1 | hyena | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cunning fox | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Polikanov | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | çakal | |
| meaning 1 | jackal | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | dodger, cunning fox, coon | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ТуРС 164. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | kurt | |
| meaning 1 | wolf | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cunning fox, dodger | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
Любопытно, что хитрецом чаще оказывается животное из рода собачьих.