snake → perfidious, crafty person 8 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Adyghe
lexeme blašhwe
meaning 1 gray snake (poisonous)
direction →
meaning 2 Gorgon, Fury
reference
comment АдРС 29
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme serpent
meaning 1 snake venin du serpent
snake venom
direction →
meaning 2 cunning person
reference CNRTL
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Hungarian
lexeme kigyó
meaning 1 snake
direction →
meaning 2 guileful, crafty person kigyót melengetni keblén
to cherish a serpent in one's bosom
reference Гальди 1974: 381
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Lezgian
lexeme ilan
meaning 1 snake иланди яна
the snake bit (lit. Hit)
meaning 2 nimble, elusive
reference
comment (LezgRus 145)
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme viperă
meaning 1 viper
direction →
meaning 2 evil, treacherous person
reference DEX98 NODEX DLRLC
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme змея (zmeja)
meaning 1 snake a. Гремучая змея 'rattlesnake'.
direction —
meaning 2 insidious, spiteful, evil a. Змея подколодная 'a snake in the grass'.
reference
comment Cf. Dal': ЗМИЙ, змей змия, змея (snake) - Злой человек, скрытный и злобный (an evil person, reticent and malisious).
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme käysi
meaning 1 'snake, serpent'
direction →
meaning 2 'cunning, wily person'
reference
comment KT 1680
NEW Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme yılan
meaning 1 snake
direction →
meaning 2 treacherous, wicked
reference Baskakov 1977: 927
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