scissors
→
earwig (Forficula auricularia)
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Bulgarian | |
| lexeme | щипалка | |
| meaning 1 | (only in plural) pincers, tongs | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | earwig (Forficula auricularia) | |
| reference | RNBE | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Catalan | |
| lexeme 1 | tisores | |
| lexeme 2 | tisoreta | |
| meaning 1 | scissors | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | earwig (Forficula auricularia) | |
| reference | DIEC2 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Finnish | |
| lexeme 1 | pihdit | |
| lexeme 2 | pihtihäntäinen | |
| meaning 1 | pliers, tongs, (surgery) forceps | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | earwig (Forficula auricularia) | |
| reference | Kielitoimiston sanakirja | |
| comment | pihdit is plural from pihti '(archaic) any two-pronged handtool or artifact to hold, press together or punch something, now usually in plural; a pincer' häntä 'tail' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Japanese | |
| lexeme 1 | hasami (鋏) | |
| lexeme 2 | hasamimushi (鋏虫) | |
| meaning 1 | pincers | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | earwig (Forficula auricularia) | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin], Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Old English | |
| lexeme 1 | ēare | |
| lexeme 2 | ēarwicga | |
| meaning 1 | scissors | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | earwig (Forficula auricularia) | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | wicga 'insect', from Proto-Germanic *weganą 'to move, wiggle' + -ga (diminutive suffix). Related to Old English weġan 'to move', Middle English wiglen 'to wiggle'. |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Portuguese | |
| lexeme | tesoura | |
| meaning 1 | scissors | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | earwig (Forficula auricularia) | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Also tesourinha |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme 1 | tijera | |
| lexeme 2 | tijereta | |
| meaning 1 | scissors | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | earwig (Forficula auricularia) | |
| reference | DRAE | |
| comment | ||