monster (supernatural)
→
waterspout
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Arabic | |
| lexeme | tinnīn (تِنِّين) | |
| meaning 1 | eel, whale; any scaled animal; (obsolete) sea monster; dragon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | waterspout | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Japanese | |
| lexeme 1 | tatsu (竜) | |
| lexeme 2 | tatsumaki (竜巻) | |
| meaning 1 | dragon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | waterspout | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | 'scroll of a dragon' Izotova, N.N. (2024). Obraz drakona v yaponskoi kul’ture: genezis i semantika [Dragon images in Japanese culture: Genesis and semantics]. Yaponskiye issledovaniya [Japanese Studies in Russia], |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Lao | |
| lexeme 1 | nāk (ນາກ) | |
| lexeme 2 | nāk lin nam (ນາກຫລິ້ນນ້ຳ) | |
| meaning 1 | nāga: serpentine mythological creature | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | waterspout | |
| reference | SEAlang Lao | |
| comment | literally "nāga playing in the water" |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme 1 | nâak (นาค) | |
| lexeme 2 | nâak-lên-náam (นาคเล่นน้ำ) | |
| meaning 1 | nāga: serpentine mythological creature | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (meteorology) waterspout | |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | literally "nāga playing in the water". |
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