guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
→
capybara
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme 1 | tenjiku nezumi (天竺鼠) | |
| Lexeme 2 | oni tenjiku nezumi (鬼天竺鼠) | |
| Meaning 1 | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | capybara | |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | oni (鬼) 'ghost, evel spirit' |
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