cat
→
anchor
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Bulgarian | |
| lexeme 1 | котка | |
| lexeme 2 | котва | |
| meaning 1 | cat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | anchor | |
| reference | Bernštejn 1966: 276 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Czech | |
| lexeme 1 | kočka | |
| lexeme 2 | kotva | |
| meaning 1 | cat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | anchor | loď stojí v zátoce na kotvách the ship stands at anchor in the bay |
| reference | SSJČ | |
| comment | kočka < *koťьka | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme 1 | macska | |
| lexeme 2 | vasmacska | |
| meaning 1 | cat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (colloquial) anchor | A horgonyt … vasmacskának nevezi a nép, és okosan, mert megfogja a tárgyakat, mint macska az egeret (Mikszáth Kálmán) The anchor… is called an vasmacska (lit. ‘iron cat’) by the people, and cleverly because it catches objects like a cat with a mouse |
| reference | MEK 1978 | |
| comment | vas 'iron' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Polish | |
| lexeme 1 | kot | |
| lexeme 2 | kotwica | |
| meaning 1 | cat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | anchor | Jeżeli zarzucona kotwica znajduje się poza największą szerokością statku i stanowi przeszkodę dla innych przepływających statków, wówczas statek powinien być od strony zarzuconej kotwicy oznaczony dodatkowym światłem białym umieszczonym na wysokości 1 m poniżej światła białego. (Stefan Wysocki: Żeglarstwo śródlądowe, 1969) If the dropped anchor is beyond the greatest breadth of the vessel and is an obstacle to other passing vessels, then the vessel shall be marked on the side of the abandoned anchor with additional white light placed 1 m below the white light |
| reference | WSJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | cătușă | |
| meaning 1 | (dated) cat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (dated) anchor | |
| reference | MDA2 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | mâță | |
| meaning 1 | (colloquial) cat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (dated) ship anchor | |
| reference | MDA2 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | кошка (koška) | |
| meaning 1 | cat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | anchor, having more than two flukes | Для удержания судна на одном месте, во время стоянок и сильных ветров, каждая расшива имеет при себе шесть кошек, или четырехлапых якорей (Павел Небольсин, 1854) To keep the vessel in one place, during stops and strong winds, each rasshiva [river flat-bottomed sailing vessel on Volga and Caspian sea] carries six “cats”, or four-legged anchors |
| reference | BAS: 5, 1558-1560 | |
| comment | Now 'grapnel, small anchor' (Švedova 2007) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Slovak | |
| lexeme 1 | kocúr | |
| lexeme 2 | kotva | |
| meaning 1 | cat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | anchor | spustiť kotvu to lower the anchor |
| reference | KSSJ | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Ukrainian | |
| lexeme 1 | кiт | |
| lexeme 2 | кiтва | |
| meaning 1 | cat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (rare) anchor | Сірий велетень стоїть на двох кітвах і чотирьох стальних тросах (Олесь Донченко) The gray giant stands on two anchors and four steel cables |
| reference | SUM-11 | |
| comment | ||
Buck 737 (10.89)