sling (weapon)
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slingshot
14 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| 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 |
| direction | — | |
| 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 |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | slingshot | |
| reference | CNRTL | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Galician | |
| lexeme | fonda | |
| meaning 1 | sling (weapon) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | slingshot | |
| reference | DDDDLG | |
| comment | ||
| 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. |
| direction | — | |
| 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) | |
| direction | → | |
| 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) | |
| direction | → | |
| 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) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | slingshot | |
| reference | BKRS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Modern Greek | |
| lexeme 1 | σφενδόνη | |
| lexeme 2 | σφεντόνα | |
| meaning 1 | sling (weapon) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | slingshot | |
| reference | DSMG | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Polish | |
| lexeme | proca | |
| meaning 1 | sling (weapon) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | slingshot | |
| reference | Słownik języka polskiego PWN | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Portuguese | |
| lexeme | funda | |
| meaning 1 | sling (weapon) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | slingshot | |
| reference | DPLP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | praștie | |
| meaning 1 | sling (weapon) | |
| direction | → | |
| 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. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | slingshot | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | honda | |
| meaning 1 | sling (weapon) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (Argentina and Uruguay) slingshot | |
| reference | DRAE | |
| comment | ||
| 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 |
| direction | → | |
| 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 | |
| comment | ||