<foreign country>
→
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
14 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Dutch | |
| Lexeme 1 | Guinee | |
| Lexeme 2 | Guinees biggetje | |
| Meaning 1 | Guinea (a country in West Africa) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| Reference | Ensie | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Dutch | |
| Lexeme 1 | Spaanse | |
| Lexeme 2 | Spaanse rat | |
| Meaning 1 | female Spanish person | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| Reference | Ensie | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Dutch | |
| Lexeme 1 | Indiaan | |
| Lexeme 2 | Indiaans konijn | |
| Meaning 1 | Native American | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| Reference | Ensie | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme 1 | Guinea | |
| Lexeme 2 | guinea pig | |
| Meaning 1 | Guinea | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| Reference | Merriam-Webster | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Farsi | |
| Lexeme 1 | hendi (هندی) | |
| Lexeme 2 | xukče hendi (خوکچه هندی) | |
| Meaning 1 | Indian | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme 1 | Inde | |
| Lexeme 2 | cochon d'Inde | |
| Meaning 1 | India | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Irish Gaelic | |
| Lexeme 1 | An Ghuine | |
| Lexeme 2 | muc ghuine | |
| Meaning 1 | Guinea (a country in West Africa) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| Reference | Ó Dónaill 1977 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme 1 | India | |
| Lexeme 2 | porcellino d'India | |
| Meaning 1 | India | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| Reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme 1 | tenjiku (天竺) | |
| Lexeme 2 | tenjiku nezumi (天竺鼠) | |
| Meaning 1 | India | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as テンジクネズミ. |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Jèrriais (Jersey Norman French) | |
| Lexeme 1 | Dginnée | |
| Lexeme 2 | couochon d'la Dginnée | |
| Meaning 1 | Guinea | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Portuguese | |
| Lexeme 1 | Índia | |
| Lexeme 2 | porquinho-da-índia | |
| Meaning 1 | India | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| Reference | DPLP | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Sicilian | |
| Lexeme 1 | Innia | |
| Lexeme 2 | purciḍḍuzzu d'Innia | |
| Meaning 1 | India | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme 1 | Indias | |
| Lexeme 2 | conejillo de Indias | |
| Meaning 1 | (historical) The Western Hemisphere, during the early period of European colonization and exploration | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| Reference | DRAE | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme 1 | Hint | |
| Lexeme 2 | hintdomuzu | |
| Meaning 1 | India | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 409 | |
| Comment | ||
Most often 'Indian' in a sence '(historical) West India, American continent'.
'Guinea' in English and Dutch, Irish Gaelic (both from English). There are several explanations:
1. These animals was imported to England on board the so-called Guineamen (ships in a regular routes between the coast of Guinea, South America and Europe as part of the triangular trade)
2. Confusion of names Guinea (West Africa) and Guyana, Guyana, Guiana (South America) as the place of the supposed origin of the species
3. In three Quechua dialects, the name of animal evokes "guinea": cuzco =quwi, ayacucho =quwi, ~quyi, cochabamba =qowi (Gary John Parker (1964), English-Quechua dictionary: Cuzco, Ayacucho, Cochabamba, Cornell University, p. 64).
'Spain' in rare Dutch Spaanse rat 'Spanish rat'