sponge (animal) sponge (material) 11 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme sponge
meaning 1 any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.

sea sponge

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meaning 2 a piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic)

She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination. The elder woman returned with dressings and a sponge, which she placed on a chair. (1913, Robert Barr, Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎)

reference OED English Wiktionary
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Estonian
lexeme käsn
meaning 1 sponge (animal)
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meaning 2 sponge (material)
reference EKSS
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From Proto-Finnic *käsnä 'callus'. Cognates include Finnish känsä 'callus', Votic tšäzne 'burl', Ingrian käznä 'callus', Ludian käzne 'callus', Veps käzn 'callus' and possibly Livvi käžn'y 'reed'. 

ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Finnish
lexeme pesusieni
meaning 1 bath sponge (Spongia officinalis)
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meaning 2 sponge (implement for washing
reference Kielitoimiston sanakirja
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pesu 'wash' +‎ sieni 'fungus'; calque of Swedish tvättsvamp 

ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme éponge
meaning 1 sponge (animal)
direction
meaning 2 sponge (material)
reference NFRS
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ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Khmer
lexeme ʼeepong (អេប៉ុង)
meaning 1 sponge (animal)
direction
meaning 2 sponge (material)
reference SEAlang Khmer
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From French éponge

ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme burete
meaning 1 sponge (animal)
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meaning 2 sponge (material)
reference MDA2
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Inherited from Latin bōlētus 'porcini, an edible kind of mushroom', probably through an intermediate Vulgar Latin root *boletis

ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme губка
meaning 1 sponge (animal)
direction
meaning 2 sponge (material)
reference BTS
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ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme esponja
meaning 1 sponge (animal)
direction
meaning 2 sponge (material)
reference DRAE
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ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Swedish
lexeme tvättsvamp
meaning 1 sponge (animal)
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meaning 2 sponge (material)
reference SAOB
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tvätta 'wash' +‎ svamp 'mushroom, fungus' 

ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Thai
lexeme fɔɔng-náam (ฟองน้ำ)
meaning 1 sponge (animal)
direction
meaning 2 sponge (material)
reference SEAlang Thai
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'foam' + 'water', or 'egg' + 'water'

ACCEPTED Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Ukrainian
lexeme губка
meaning 1 sponge (animal)

З дна моря дістають губки і красиві черепашки

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meaning 2 sponge (material)

Целя .. мила лице, шию і рамена м'якою губкою (Іван Франко); Романовська стерла губкою написане і написала, як бажав учитель (Ірина Вільде, Повнолітні діти)

reference SUM-11: 2, 187
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