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lean, thin (of a person)
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | Hering | |
| meaning 1 | herring | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (informal) thin person, usually male | Ich bin froh, dass ich kein Dicker bin, 1978, “Dicke”, performed by Marius Müller-Westernhagen: I’m glad I’m not a fat person, |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
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| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | çiroz | |
| meaning 1 | mackerel (Scomber scombrus) | Bugün kahvaltı için biraz çiroz yedim. oday I had some mackerel for breakfast. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | lean; a very thin person | Senin o bir kurşunu bile durduramayan çiroz kolların yüzünden! Because your stupid little skinny arms cannot even stop a bullet! |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 193 | |
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