mouse
→
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Motivation | |
| language | Dutch | |
| lexeme 1 | rat | |
| lexeme 2 | Spaanse rat | |
| meaning 1 | rat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| reference | Ensie | |
| comment | Also zeerat lit. 'sea rat' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Motivation | |
| language | Japanese | |
| lexeme 1 | nezumi (鼠) | |
| lexeme 2 | tenjiku nezumi (天竺鼠) | |
| meaning 1 | mouse | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Motivation | |
| language | Khmer | |
| lexeme 1 | kɑndol (កណ្ដុរ) | |
| lexeme 2 | kɑndol sɑmpɨw (កណ្ដុរសំពៅ) | |
| meaning 1 | mouse, rat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| reference | SEAlang Khmer | |
| comment | sɑmpɨw (សំពៅ) 'large ship' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | shǔ (鼠) | |
| lexeme 2 | túnshǔ (豚鼠) | |
| meaning 1 | mouse, rat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| reference | English Wiktionary BKRS | |
| comment | 'pig-mouse/rat'. Also tiānzhúshǔ (天竺鼠) 'Indian mouse/rat' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Tagalog | |
| lexeme 1 | dagáng | |
| lexeme 2 | dagáng putî | |
| meaning 1 | mouse, rat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| reference | SEAlang Tagalog | |
| comment | putî 'white'. Also dagang kosta 'guinea pig', kosta 'shore, coast' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme 1 | nǔu (หนู) | |
| lexeme 2 | nǔu-dtà-pao (หนูตะเภา) | |
| meaning 1 | mouse, rat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Vietnamese | |
| lexeme 1 | chuột | |
| lexeme 2 | chuột lang | |
| meaning 1 | murid, rodent in the family Muridae | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| reference | SEAlang Vietnamese | |
| comment | lang 'roan, piebald' |
|
East aon South-East Asia, hypothetically the common source was the Dutch (Spaanse) rat 'guinea pig', lit. 'Spanish rat'.