snake → caterpillar 7 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language 1 Classical Arabic
language 2 Tigre
lexeme 1 siff-, suff-
lexeme 2 səf
meaning 1 'serpent' (BK I 1096, Lane 1368)
direction →
meaning 2 'millepede' (LH 200)
reference
comment SED II, No. 207.
NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Kove
lexeme mota
meaning 1 snake
direction —
meaning 2 caterpillar
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 3, 413
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Lezgian
lexeme ʁüläʁ
meaning 1 snake гъуьлягъди яна
the snake bit
direction —
meaning 2 caterpillar кIазун гъуьлягъар
silkworms (кIаз - silkmoth, raw silk)
reference
comment (LezgRus 95, 210)
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Internal cognates
language Russian
lexeme гнусина (gnusina)
meaning 1 (dialect) snake Была такая непроходимая гать, на ней только гнусина ползучая, да птица летучая
There was an impassable brushwood road, where there were just worms and birds
direction —
meaning 2 (dialect) worm, caterpillar
reference
comment Both meanings are dialectal. 1 - Tobol., Amur., Sverdl. 2 - North, East., Sib., Даль СРНГ 6, 250
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Internal cognates
language Russian
lexeme ползун (polzun)
meaning 1 (dialect) snake
direction —
meaning 2 (dialect) caterpillar
reference
comment Both meanings are dialectal. 1 - Pskov., Novg., Simb., Kyrgyz. 2 - Arkhang. СРНГ 29, 67
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 змея (zmeja)
lexeme 2 змеолан (zmeolan)
meaning 1 snake
direction →
meaning 2 (dialect) fruit moth caterpillar Hyponomenta variabilis Zell.
reference
comment Saratov, СРНГ 11, 302
NEW Realization 7
type Syncretism
language Udihe
lexeme кулига
meaning 1 snake
direction —
meaning 2 caterpillar
reference Podmaskin 1984: 219
comment

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