hare (Lepus)
→
cunning person
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bamana | |
| Lexeme | sonsan | |
| Meaning 1 | hare (Lepus) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | cunning person | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Dutch | |
| Lexeme | haas | |
| Meaning 1 | hare (Lepus) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cunning person | |
| Reference | Mironov 1987 | |
| Comment | Mironov 1987, 284 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | lapin | |
| Meaning 1 | rabbit | lapin domestique domestic rabbit |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cunning person | |
| Reference | NFRS | |
| Comment | Also 'braveheart' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Khmer | |
| Lexeme | tʊənsaay | |
| Meaning 1 | hare (Lepus) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | cunning person | |
| Reference | Morev et al. 1982 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | kitungule | |
| Meaning 1 | hare (Lepus) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | cunning fox, dodger; coon | |
| Reference | Polikanov | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | sungura | |
| Meaning 1 | hare (Lepus саpensis) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | cunning fox, crafty person | уu mjanja kama sungura He is cunning as a hare |
| Reference | Polikanov | |
| Comment | ||