| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Armenian | |
| lexeme 1 | sur (սուր) | |
| lexeme 2 | srənčʿak (սրընչակ) | |
| meaning 1 | sharp | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | shrew | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | From sur (սուր) 'sharp' + unčʿ (ունչ) 'nose' + -ak (-ակ). Probably an imprecise calque of German Spitzmaus, coined by the Mekhitarists of Vienna. |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Cantonese Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | zim1 (尖) | |
| lexeme 2 | zim1 syu2 (尖鼠) | |
| meaning 1 | sharp point | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | shrew | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme 1 | spids | |
| lexeme 2 | spidsmus | |
| meaning 1 | pointed, sharp | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | shrew | |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Dutch | |
| lexeme 1 | spits | |
| lexeme 2 | spitsmuis | |
| meaning 1 | pointed | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | shrew | |
| reference | Mironov 1987 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | spitz | |
| lexeme 2 | Spitzmaus | |
| meaning 1 | pointed, sharp | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | shrew | |
| reference | Duden | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | jiān (尖) | |
| lexeme 2 | jiānshǔ (尖鼠) | |
| meaning 1 | point (of needle); sharp | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | shrew | |
| reference | BKRS English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Norwegian | |
| lexeme 1 | spiss | |
| lexeme 2 | spissmus | |
| meaning 1 | pointed | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | shrew | |
| reference | BO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Ottoman Turkish | |
| lexeme 1 | sivri (سیوری) | |
| lexeme 2 | sivri sıçan (سیوری صیچان) | |
| meaning 1 | sharp-pointed | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | shrew | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1107 |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Southern Min (Min Nan) | |
| lexeme 1 | chiam (尖) | |
| lexeme 2 | chiam-chhí / chiam-chhú (尖鼠) | |
| meaning 1 | sharp point | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | shrew | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
Shrews have long, pointed snouts
Eurasian Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus). // Stella Nutella at English Wikipedia