#3302
opossum
→
pig (Sus scrofa)
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Cherokee | |
| lexeme | siqua (ᏏᏆ) | |
| meaning 1 | (obsolete) opossum | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | pig | |
| reference | Cherokeedictionary.net | |
| comment | Originally meant opossum, its meaning shifted after the Columbian exchange. Opossums are now referred to as siqua utsetsasdi (ᏏᏆ ᎤᏤᏣᏍᏗ) “pig who grins” and derivate terms. |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Muskogee (Creek) | |
| lexeme 1 | sokhvhatkv | |
| lexeme 2 | sokhv | |
| meaning 1 | opossum | |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | pig (Sus scrofa) | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Martin Jack B., McKane Mauldin Margaret. A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee University of Nebraska Press, 2000. 110-111 |
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