neck giraffe 4 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Derivation
language Estonian
lexeme 1 kael + kirjak
lexeme 2 kaelkirjak
meaning 1 neck + spotted cow
direction
meaning 2 giraffe
reference EKSS
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Coined by Estonian writer, politician and teacher Carl Robert Jakobson in 1867

Carl Robert Jakobson (1867) Kooli Lugemise raamat‎, volume 1, Tartu: H. Laakmann https://kivike.kirmus.ee/index.php?t=3&oid=0&module=400&op=3&pid=AR-17235-53246-12393

ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Derivation
language Khmer
lexeme 1 kɑɑ (ក) + vɛɛng (វែង)
lexeme 2 kɑɑ vɛɛng (កវែង)
meaning 1 neck + long
direction
meaning 2 giraffe
reference SEAlang Khmer
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Derivation
language Mandarin Chinese
lexeme 1 jǐng (頸 / 颈) + cháng (長 / 长)
lexeme 2 chángjǐnglù (長頸鹿 / 长颈鹿)
meaning 1 neck + long
direction
meaning 2 giraffe tóu zú rú shòu wěi rú yú qí tóu áng qǐ sì chángjǐnglù (頭足如獸尾如魚其頭昂起似長頸鹿)

Its head and limbs are as of a beast; its tail is as of a fish; when its head is lifted up, it resembles a giraffe (1890, 薛福成 [Xue Fucheng], “(四月)二十三日記”, in 《出使英法義比四國日記》, volume 2, page 34 https://ctext.org/library.pl?if=gb&file=22976&page=69 )

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lù (鹿 / 鹿) 'deer'. Literally: “long-necked deer”.

Appears to be first attested in 萬國地理全集 [1844] by  a German Lutheran missionary Karl Gützlaff (1803 – 1851)

Chng, Khin Yong (庄钦永) (2012) “晚清新词“牛痘”“袋鼠”“长颈鹿”再溯源”, in 語文建設通訊‎, volume 10 http://www.huayuqiao.org/DOCC/DOC10100/10112.htm

NEW Realization 4
type Derivation
language Udmurt
lexeme 1 кузь + чырты
lexeme 2 кузьчырты
meaning 1 neck + long
direction
meaning 2 giraffe
reference Kirillova 2008
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