witch, sorceress
→
butterfly
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Bulgarian | |
| lexeme | veštica | |
| meaning 1 | witch | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | night moth | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Serb.-Cr. вештица 'witch', dial. vještica 'night-fly, moth'. Журавлев 2005, 767-768 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | bosorkány | |
| meaning 1 | witch | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | butterfly | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Borrowed in the Ucr. dial. босорка, босорканя 'witch', 'night-fly', 'toad', босоркун 'vampire' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | strigă | |
| meaning 1 | witch | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | hawk moth (Acherontia atropos) | |
| reference | DEX98 | |
| comment | DER 1, 752, DEX98, also 'owl'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | voroguša | |
| meaning 1 | witch | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | white butterfly | |
| reference | ||
| comment | СРНГ 5, 108-109 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Upper Sorbian | |
| lexeme | khodojta (chodojta) | |
| meaning 1 | witch | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | night butterfly | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Also 'mosquito, asphixia'. ЭССЯ 8, 50, Журавлев 2005, 852 | |
особенно часто - 'ночная бабочка'. Журавлев 2005, 768