sling (weapon) slingshot 14 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Czech
Lexeme prak
Meaning 1 sling (weapon) bohatýři ozbrojení luky, kopími a praky
warriors armed with bows, spears and slings
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Meaning 2 slingshot gumový prak
rubber slingshot
Reference SSJČ
Comment In second meaning also vidlicový prak
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language French
Lexeme fronde
Meaning 1 sling (weapon) Autour du lac Victoria, l'explorateur Stanley fut attaqué à plusieurs reprises à coup de pierres de frondes (Lowie, Anthropol. cult.,1936, p. 236).
Around Lake Victoria, the explorer Stanley was repeatedly attacked with stones from slingshots
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Meaning 2 slingshot
Reference CNRTL
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Galician
Lexeme fonda
Meaning 1 sling (weapon)
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Meaning 2 slingshot
Reference DDDDLG
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ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language German
Lexeme Schleuder
Meaning 1 sling (weapon) Als Ursprungsland der Schleuder in der griechisch-römischen Welt gelten die Balearen-Inseln Mallorca, Ibiza und Formentera.
The Balearic Islands of Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera are considered to be the country of origin of the sling in the Greco-Roman world.
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Meaning 2 slingshot die Jungen schossen mit Schleudern auf Spatzen
the boys shot sparrows with slingshots
Reference DWDS
Comment In second meaning also Steinschleuder.
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Italian
Lexeme fionda
Meaning 1 sling (weapon)
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Meaning 2 slingshot
Reference Vocabolario Treccani
Comment From Vulgar Latin *flunda, metathesis of an earlier form *fundla, a contraction of *fundula, diminutive of Latin funda 'sling'
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Italian
Lexeme fionda
Meaning 1 sling (weapon)
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Meaning 2 slingshot
Reference Vocabolario Treccani
Comment From Vulgar Latin *flunda, metathesis of an earlier form *fundla, a contraction of *fundula, diminutive of Latin funda 'sling'
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Mandarin Chinese
Lexeme dàngōng (彈弓, 弹弓)
Meaning 1 sling (weapon)
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Meaning 2 slingshot
Reference BKRS
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ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Derivation
Language Modern Greek
Lexeme 1 σφενδόνη
Lexeme 2 σφεντόνα
Meaning 1 sling (weapon)
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Meaning 2 slingshot
Reference DSMG
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ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Polish
Lexeme proca
Meaning 1 sling (weapon)
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Meaning 2 slingshot
Reference Słownik języka polskiego PWN
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ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Portuguese
Lexeme funda
Meaning 1 sling (weapon)
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Meaning 2 slingshot
Reference DPLP
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ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Romanian
Lexeme praștie
Meaning 1 sling (weapon)
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Meaning 2 slingshot
Reference DEX98
Comment From Old Church Slavonic праща 'sling'
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Slovak
Lexeme prak
Meaning 1 sling (weapon) Existujú dva druhy prakov: jeden vystreľuje projektil pomocou energie uloženej v napnutých gumových zväzkoch, druhý funguje na princípe odstredivej sily.
There are two types of slingshots: one fires a projectile using the energy stored in tensioned rubber bundles, the other works on the principle of centrifugal force.
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Meaning 2 slingshot
Reference <personally collected data>
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ACCEPTED Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Spanish
Lexeme honda
Meaning 1 sling (weapon)
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Meaning 2 (Argentina and Uruguay) slingshot
Reference DRAE
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ACCEPTED Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Turkish
Lexeme sapan
Meaning 1 sling (weapon) Gökçe Bacı, bağrına saplanan bir okla, sapan sallayan eli havada, yere düşüyor (Tarık Buğra)
Gökçe Bacı falls to the ground with an arrow stuck in her bosom, her hand waving a sling in the air
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Meaning 2 slingshot Cebine sakız gibi kuru üzümü doldurdun mu elde sapan, incir kuşu avına çıkarsın (Attila Ilhan)
When you fill your pocket with raisins like chewing gum, the slingshot will go hunting pipit.
Reference TDKS
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