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 | ||