louse
→
wood-louse
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Motivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | louse | |
| lexeme 2 | wood-louse | |
| meaning 1 | small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Motivation | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | shī (虱 / 蝨) | |
| lexeme 2 | mùshī (木虱 / 木蝨) | |
| meaning 1 | louse | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wood-louse | |
| reference | BKRS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Motivation | |
| language | Slovenian | |
| lexeme 1 | uš | |
| lexeme 2 | lesna uš | |
| meaning 1 | louse | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wood-louse | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||