crab
→
cancer (disease)
11 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | καρκίνος | |
| Meaning 1 | crab | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cancer (disease) | |
| Reference | LSJ | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | saraṭān (سَرَطَان) | |
| Meaning 1 | crab | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cancer (disease) | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Borrowing | |
| Language 1 | Classical Arabic | |
| Language 2 | Swahili | |
| Lexeme 1 | saraṭān (سَرَطَان) | |
| Lexeme 2 | saratani | |
| Meaning 1 | crab | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cancer (disease) | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Borrowing | |
| Language 1 | Classical Arabic | |
| Language 2 | Spanish | |
| Lexeme 1 | saraṭān (سَرَطَان) | |
| Lexeme 2 | zaratán | |
| Meaning 1 | crab | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | breast cancer | |
| Reference | DRAE Corominas, Pascual | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Faroese | |
| Lexeme | krabbi | |
| Meaning 1 | crab | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cancer (disease) | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Farsi | |
| Lexeme | saratân (سرطان) | |
| Meaning 1 | crab | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cancer (disease) | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Georgian | |
| Lexeme 1 | ḳiborčxala (კიბორჩხალა) | |
| Lexeme 2 | ḳibo (კიბო) | |
| Meaning 1 | crab | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cancer (disease) | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Lexeme | krabbi | |
| Meaning 1 | crab | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (colloquial) cancer (disease) | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | short for krabbamein from krabbi + mein 'disease, illness' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | cancer | |
| Meaning 1 | crab | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cancer (disease) | |
| Reference | Lewis, Short | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Modern Hebrew | |
| Lexeme | sartán (סַרְטָן) | |
| Meaning 1 | crab | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cancer (disease) | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Syriac | |
| Lexeme | sarṭānā (ܣܪܛܢܐ) | |
| Meaning 1 | crab | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cancer (disease) | |
| Reference | CAL | |
| Comment | ||