prophet
→
mantis
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Ancient Greek | |
lexeme | μάντις | |
meaning 1 | seer or prophet | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | mantis | |
reference | LSJ | |
comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Armenian | |
lexeme | harcʿuk (հարցուկ) | |
meaning 1 | soothsayer, oracle | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | mantis | |
reference | <personally collected data> | |
comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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type | Motivation | |
language | Turkish | |
lexeme 1 | peygamber | |
lexeme 2 | peygamber devesi (peygamberdevesi) | |
meaning 1 | prophet | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | mantis | |
reference | Baskakov 1977: 720 | |
comment | literally "prophet's camel". |