moose
→
tapir
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | ante | |
| meaning 1 | moose | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (Mexico) tapir | |
| reference | DRAE | |
| comment | anta (Spain) 'moose', (Bolivia, Argentina) 'Tapirus terrestris' (DAMER). DRAE: anta < ante < Spain Arabian lámṭ (لَمْتَة lamta 'antílope'), probably of Berber origin. DAMER: ante < aymara and quechua anta 'tapir'. | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | danta | |
| meaning 1 | moose | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Argntina) tapir | |
| reference | DAMER | |
| comment | Aglutination de "de" y "anta", en la frecuent expression "[adarga] de anta" 'shield made from moose leather' (DRAE). Also danto (Mexico, Guatemala, Hondura, Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela) 'Tapirus bairdii' (DAMER) | |