mouse
→
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
7 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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'.