white
→
Arctic fox
8 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 9015 | fox (Vulpes vulpes) | → | Arctic fox | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Motivation | |
| language | Bashkir | |
| lexeme 1 | аҡ | |
| lexeme 2 | аҡ төлкө | |
| meaning 1 | white | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Arctic fox | |
| reference | Bashkir Uraksin 1996: 18 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Cantonese Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | baak6 (白) | |
| lexeme 2 | baak6 wu4 (白狐) | |
| meaning 1 | white | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Arctic fox | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | 'white fox' Also bak1 gik6 wu4 (北极狐) 'North Pole fox' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Motivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | white | |
| lexeme 2 | white fox | |
| meaning 1 | white | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Arctic fox | The white fox's reproduction rates reflect the lemming population density, which cyclically fluctuates every 3–5 years. When lemmings are abundant, the white fox can give birth to 18 pups, but they often do not reproduce when food is scarce |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Japanese | |
| lexeme 1 | shiro (白) | |
| lexeme 2 | shirogitsune (白狐) | |
| meaning 1 | white | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Arctic fox | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin], Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Kazakh | |
| lexeme 1 | ақ | |
| lexeme 2 | ақ түлкі | |
| meaning 1 | white | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Arctic fox | Ақ түлкілер Солтүстік Америка мен Еуразияның орманды тундрасында, тундрада және Солтүстік Мұзды мұхиттың аралдары мен Командор, Алеут, Прибылов аралдарында таралған |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | bái (白) | |
| lexeme 2 | báihú (白狐) | |
| meaning 1 | fox (Vulpes vulpes) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Arctic fox | |
| reference | BKRS English Wiktionary | |
| comment | Also lánhú (蓝狐) lit. 'blue fox', xuěhú (雪狐) lit. 'snow fox'; Běijíhú (北极狐) lit. 'North Pole fox' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme 1 | blanco | |
| lexeme 2 | zorro blanco | |
| meaning 1 | white | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Arctic fox | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Also zorro polar, zorro ártico, zorro de las nieves |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Motivation | |
| language | Tatar | |
| lexeme 1 | ак | |
| lexeme 2 | ак төлке | |
| meaning 1 | white | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Arctic fox | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||