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 | <personally collected data> | |
Comment | literally "prophet's camel". |