chicken (Gallus domesticus) bird 15 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Abui
lexeme kuyˈa
meaning 1 chicken
direction
meaning 2 bird
reference Kratochvíl 2007: 471 Kratochvíl 2008: 74, 200 GLD
comment

Takalelang Abui

ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Abui
lexeme rua ~ rˈuol
meaning 1 chicken
direction
meaning 2 bird
reference DuBois 1938/1987: 92 (#844) DuBois 1944: 564 (#64) Nicolspeyer 1940: 174
comment

Stokhof 1975: 53 (#47), GLD

Atimelang Abui

ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Ancient Greek
language 2 Modern Greek
lexeme 1 πουλλίον
lexeme 2 πουλί
meaning 1 chicken
direction
meaning 2 bird
reference GLD
comment

diminutive of που̃λλος 'chicken'. The latter was indeed borrowed from Latin pullus 'young (of animals) / chick, chicken', but the meaning shift 'chicken' > 'bird' is an internal Greek development

ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Aromanian
lexeme puľĭŭ
meaning 1 chicken
direction
meaning 2 bird
reference GLD Papahagi 1963: 893 Cunia 2010: 613 865-866
comment

Dalametra 1906: 178; Goɫąb 1984: 246

ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Atong (Sino-Tibetan)
lexeme tawʔ
meaning 1 chicken
direction
meaning 2 bird
reference Van Breugel 2008: 705 GLD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Avestan
lexeme mr̩g-a- (mǝrǝga-)
meaning 1 hen
direction
meaning 2 big bird
reference Bartholomae 1904: 1172
comment

also used to form names of bird species

ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Derivation
language Gojjam Gumuz
lexeme 1 meta
lexeme 2 meta-gúzza
meaning 1 hen
direction
meaning 2 bird
reference Bender 1979: 58
comment

Literally 'hen of forest'

ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Klon (Kelon)
lexeme hiʔ
meaning 1 chicken
direction
meaning 2 bird
reference Baird 2008: 201 Stokhof 1975: 48 (#47) GLD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Macedonian
lexeme piʎ-e
meaning 1 (dialect) chicken
direction
meaning 2 (dialect) bird
reference Groen 1977: 272
comment

Dihovo Macedonian

ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Megleno-Romanian
lexeme puľ
meaning 1 chick

una găľină cu puľ


a hen with chicks

direction
meaning 2 bird

ară corbu zisi: "na ună peană di la mini, cǫn si-u jigneș si ti fats puľ di, cari si tser si fuz, pots


"the raven also said: "take my feather; whenever you wish, it will help you to become a bird if you want to escape from somewhere"

reference Capidan 1935: 239 Capidan 1928: 71, 123 GLD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11
type Derivation
language Metemma Gumuz
lexeme 1 meta
lexeme 2 meta-gıziya
meaning 1 hen
direction
meaning 2 bird
reference Bender 1979: 58
comment

Literally 'hen of forest'.

ACCEPTED Realization 12
type Derivation
language Sai Gumuz
lexeme 1 mɛta
lexeme 2 didɛ=mɛta
meaning 1 hen
direction
meaning 2 bird
reference Bender 1979: 58 GLD
comment

 Literally = 'small hen'. Another equivalent is mɛtɛ-gɛzia, literally = 'hen of forest'

ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Sese Gumuz
lexeme mı́ta
meaning 1 hen
direction
meaning 2 bird
reference Bender 1979: 58 Uzar 1989: 357 GLD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Shor
lexeme қуш
meaning 1 hen
direction
meaning 2 bird
reference <personally collected data>
comment

http://tili.tadarlar.ru/tadar/shor-rus.html

ACCEPTED Realization 15
type Polysemy
language Teleut
lexeme куш
meaning 1 hen
direction
meaning 2 bird
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Рюмина-Сыркашева Л.Т., Кучигашева Н.А. Телеутско-русский словарь, 1995