butterfly
→
ocean sunfish (Mola mola)
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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| type | Motivation | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme 1 | pervane | |
| lexeme 2 | pervanebalığı | |
| meaning 1 | moth; night butterfly | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Ocean sunfish (Mola Mola) (lit. moth fish) | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 719 | |
| comment | Actually the word pervane means also 'propeller' which is derived from 'moth'. It is not clear from what meaning is the name for the fish is derived |
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