Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Indonesian | |
lexeme | bajul | |
meaning 1 | crocodile | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | thief; rascal, scoundrel | |
reference | Большой индонезийско-русский словарь: I, 77 | |
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ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Tagalog | |
lexeme | buwaya | |
meaning 1 | crocodile | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | (slang) corrupt police officer (figuratively) greedy or corrupt person (especially a politician) | Ipinakikita si Marcos bilang isa sa mga buwaya na hawak-hawak ang tali ng gusaling kinaroroonan ng Con-Con. (1992, Rebolusyonaryong panunuring masa sa sining at panitikan: mga dokumento ng 1971 ng Panulat para sa Kaunlaran ng Sambayanan (PAKSA) at Nagkakaisang Progresibong Artista-Arkitekto (NPAA).) Maraming beses silang kinutya at tinakot ng mga buwaya sa Kamara at ahas sa Malacanang na walang ... Itinuloy nila ang kanilang sinimulang laban sa Kongreso sa iba't ibang pulong sa mga paaralan at rally sa mga lansangan. (2003, Jay De Castro, At tumestigo ang asintado: Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson) Marcos is shown as one of the "crocodiles" [corrupt politicians] holding a rope tied on the building where the Con-Con [Constitutional Convention] is held. They are ridiculed and intimidated many times by the "crocodiles" (corrupt politicians) in the Batasang Pambansa and the "snakes" (turncoats) in Malacañang who have no ... They continued what they started against Congress at various conferences in schools and rallies in the streets... |
reference | <personally collected data> | |
comment | Senses of “corrupt police officer; greedy and corrupt, etc.”, from the 1970s and 1980s, are an allusion to the brown color of the Philippine Constabulary (PC) uniform. Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018 https://diksiyonaryo.ph/search/buwaya Rosario Torres-Yu, Lilia F. Antonio, Ligaya Tiamson-Rubin (1999) Talinghagang Bukambibig, National Bookstore |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Zulu | |
lexeme | in-gwenya | |
meaning 1 | crocodile | ukuwela lomfula kuyingozi ngenxa yezingwenya It's dangerous to cross the river because of the crocodiles. |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | criminal | amaphoyisa azama ukuqeda izingwenya ezigcwele emadolobheni bakithi the police are trying to put an end to the criminals who overfill our cities |
reference | Луцков А.Д. Зулу-Русский словарь 2014: 75 | |
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