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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