bear (Ursus)
→
koala
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Armenian | |
| Lexeme 1 | arǰ (արջ) | |
| Lexeme 2 | parkavor arǰ (պարկավոր արջ) | |
| Meaning 1 | bear (Ursus) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | koala | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Cantonese Chinese | |
| Lexeme 1 | hung4 (熊) | |
| Lexeme 2 | syu6 hung4 (樹熊) | |
| Meaning 1 | bear (Ursus) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (chiefly Hong Kong) koala | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | 'tree bear' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme 1 | xióng (熊) | |
| Lexeme 2 | wúwěixióng (無尾熊) | |
| Meaning 1 | bear (Ursus) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (chiefly Taiwan) koala | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Navajo | |
| Lexeme 1 | shash | |
| Lexeme 2 | shash bizaʼazis hólóní | |
| Meaning 1 | bear (Ursus) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | koala | Shash bizaʼazis hólóní éí Eʼeʼaahjí Nahatʼeʼiitsoh Bikéyahdi téiyá hólǫ́. Ndaʼałkaahí dóó ééʼdeetįįhii éí "Phascolarctos cinereus" deiłníigo dayózhí. |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992) Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 468 | |