tail
→
wolf
11 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 (ID: 27252) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Buriat | |
| lexeme 1 | hуул | |
| lexeme 2 | ута. hуултэ | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wolf | |
| reference | Čeremisov 1973: 699-700 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 (ID: 18254) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Finnish | |
| lexeme 1 | häntä | |
| lexeme 2 | hännikäs, häntyri, häntti | |
| meaning 1 | tail (of mammals) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (dialect) wolf | |
| reference | Žarinova 2006: 27 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 16254) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme 1 | fark | |
| lexeme 2 | farkas | |
| meaning 1 | tail | a ló farka the tail of the horse |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wolf (lit. tailed) | erdei farkas forest wolf |
| reference | MEK 1978 | |
| comment | ellipsis of farkas állat 'animal with a tail'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 18236) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Karelian | |
| lexeme 1 | häntä, händü | |
| lexeme 2 | hännikäs | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (hunter's euphemism) wolf | |
| reference | Žarinova 2006: 8 | |
| comment | Also pitkähändä 'wolf' lit. 'long tail' | |
| NEW Realization 5 (ID: 18502) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Khakas | |
| lexeme 1 | хузурух | |
| lexeme 2 | узун хузурух | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (euphemism) wolf | |
| reference | Subrakova O. (ed.) 2006: 858 | |
| comment | 'long tail' | |
| NEW Realization 6 (ID: 18252) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Livvi-Karelian | |
| lexeme 1 | händü | |
| lexeme 2 | hännikäs | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wolf | |
| reference | Žarinova 2006: 27 | |
| comment | Also pitkühändü 'wolf' lit. 'long tail' | |
| NEW Realization 7 (ID: 18253) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Ludic Karelian | |
| lexeme 1 | hände | |
| lexeme 2 | händikäs | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wolf | |
| reference | Žarinova 2006: 27 | |
| comment | Also pitkehände 'wolf', lit. 'long tail'. | |
| NEW Realization 8 (ID: 18506) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Tuvan | |
| lexeme 1 | кудурук | |
| lexeme 2 | узун кудурук | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (euphemism) wolf | |
| reference | Suvandii 2016: 139 | |
| comment | 'long tail' | |
| NEW Realization 9 (ID: 18504) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Udmurt | |
| lexeme 1 | быж | |
| lexeme 2 | кузь быж | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (euphemism) wolf | |
| reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
| comment | Also кузь быжо (adj.) | |
| NEW Realization 10 (ID: 18251) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Veps | |
| lexeme 1 | händ | |
| lexeme 2 | händikaz | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wolf | |
| reference | Zajceva, Mullonen 1972: 140 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 11 (ID: 18503) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Yakut | |
| lexeme 1 | кутурук | |
| lexeme 2 | уһун кутурук | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (euphemism) wolf | |
| reference | DSJJ: I, 264 | |
| comment | 'long tail'. Also кутуруктаах (adj.) 'with long tail' (DSJJ I, 129). Bagardynov 2020 | |
hunter's and/or shepherd's euphemism for wolf as 'tailed' or 'long tail'. In Hungarian and Veps it became basic terms for a wolf. See also Zelenin 1929