firearm
↔
cannon (weapon)
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | gun | |
| meaning 1 | very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol; a less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | (military) a cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity; (military) a cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more | |
| reference | OED Merriam-Webster English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lao | |
| lexeme 1 | pư̄n (ປືນ) | |
| lexeme 2 | pư̄n nyai (ປືນໃຫຍ່) | |
| meaning 1 | gun | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cannon (weapon) | |
| reference | SEAlang Lao | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme 1 | буу | |
| lexeme 2 | үхэр буу | |
| meaning 1 | rifle, firearm | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cannon (weapon) | |
| reference | BAMRS 2001-2002 | |
| comment | үхэр 'cattle, cow (adj.), bovine' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | пушка | |
| meaning 1 | (criminal slang) pistol, handgun | |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | cannon (weapon) | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | bpʉʉn (ปืน) | |
| meaning 1 | firearm | bpʉʉn-gon (ปืนกล) machine gun |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | cannon (weapon) | bpʉʉn-yài (ปืนใหญ่) cannon (lit. 'big gun') |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | ||