bird
→
night-blindness
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Motivation | |
| language | Jin Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | qieh4 (雀) | |
| lexeme 2 | qieh4 mu3 nie2 (雀目眼) | |
| meaning 1 | bird, sparrow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | night-blindness | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | 'bird, sparrow' + 'eye' + 'eye' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Motivation | |
| language | Lower Yangtze (Jianghuai) Mandarin | |
| lexeme 1 | qiǎo (雀) | |
| lexeme 2 | qiǎomangyǎn (雀盲眼) | |
| meaning 1 | bird, sparrow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | night-blindness | Zhàr yī ge lùdēng dōu méiyǒu, kuīde wǒ qiǎomangyǎn bùsuàn lìhai, méi shuāi zhe shénmewǔde. (这儿一个路灯都没有，亏得我雀盲眼不算厉害，没摔着什么伍的。) There wasn't a single streetlamp here. Thankfully my night blindness isn't serious, so I didn't fall or anything. |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | 'bird; sparrow' + 'blind' + 'eye' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Motivation | |
| language | Southern Min (Min Nan) | |
| lexeme 1 | chiah (雀) | |
| lexeme 2 | chiah-mî (雀盲) | |
| meaning 1 | bird, sparrow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | night-blindness | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | 'bird, sparrow' + 'blind' |
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