animal
→
<curse: bad person>
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme | zvijer | |
| meaning 1 | animal | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | bad person | probuditi u kome zvijer awaken the beast in someone |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | bestia | |
| meaning 1 | animal | A ketrecbe zárt éhes bestiák ordítoztak. The hungry beasts locked in the cages roared. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | bad person | Rablógyilkos zsiványok! Nem is emberek: bestiák! (Gárdonyi Géza) Robber-murdering rascals! Not even people: beasts! (Géza Gárdonyi) |
| reference | MEK 1978 | |
| comment | Also 'selfish, cruel woman towards men' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | звер (zver) | |
| meaning 1 | animal | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | bad, cruel person | |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 428 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | hayvan | |
| meaning 1 | animal | hayvanat bahçesi zoo |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | rude, impolite person (rude) | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 397 | |
| comment | ||