doll
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fly agaric (Amanita muscaria)
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | матрёшка | |
Meaning 1 | matryoushka, nest-doll / form of proper name Matryona | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) | |
Reference | Kuz'mina E. 2008 | |
Comment | Pskov. Because this mushroom is considered to be beautiful as beautiful woman. Probably also the name is connected to матрёшка 'matryoshka doll, also known as a Russian nesting doll' because these dolls often is pained whith red and white colors. Zhdanova 2011 |