In:Love, Sex, and the Sacred: A metaphor analysis of Hungarian folk songs
Veronika Szelid
[Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts 18] 2025
► pp. 264–265
Metonymies index
Published online: 2 June 2025
https://doi.org/10.1075/clscc.18.ni
https://doi.org/10.1075/clscc.18.ni
C
- chastity metonymies (x for chastity)
- consuming the holy blood for love/purification175
- inaccessibility for chastity78
- protected female genitalia for chastity99
D
- dryness for inertness39, 102, 124, 201, 215
E
- emotion metonymies (x for the emotion)
- behavioral response for the emotion30, 64
- person for the emotion85
- physiological effect for the emotion30, 113
- eternal life metonymies (x for infinity/eternal life)
- birds/the sky for infinity45
- eucharist for eternal life208
- hight for eternal life/heaven209
- event metonymies (x for the event)
- outfit for the event218
- participant/agent for the event88, 115, 130
- place for the event150
- sound effects of the event for the event150
- time of the event for the event87, 147, 160
- tool for the event144, 145
F
- fertility metonymies (x for fertility)
- black color of the earth for fertility86
- genitalia for fertility114
- magic act for fertility127
- milk for fertility94
- ripeness for fertility71
- round for fertility80
- spring for fertility147
G
- god/the creator metonymies (x for god)
- creation for god/the creator57, 194
- nature for god57
- sky for god159
H
- hard work for good morals157, 158, 230
- hard work/sacrifice & laziness metonymies (x for hard work & x for laziness)
- being drunk for being lazy/unable to work82, 110
- clean street/entrance for hard working inhabitant161
- dowry for hard work152
- quietness for hard work158
- wine for human labor/sacrifice175
I
- immorality metonymies (x for immorality/immoral behavior)
- alcohol for immoral decisions/acts107
- hiding for an immoral love affair92
- laziness for bad morals/the negligence of the family151
- laughing at unfaithfulness for having loose morals99
- mocking (social punishment) for an immoral act162
- secret for immorality136
- unprotected female genitalia for bad morals99
- insanity metonymies (x for insanity/insane behavior)
- alcohol for the insane behavior of its consumer191
- drunkenness for insanity123, 133, 142
L
- life metonymies (x for life)
- bread for life91
- circulation of blood in the body for life165, 208
- cyclicality for life155
- food for life97
- heart for life172
- love for the creation of life238
- sex for the creation of life122, 166
- the color red/ruddy face for a healthy life165
- love metonymies (x for love)
- behavioral response (kissing) for love94
- closeness for love199
- consuming the holy blood for love175
- earth for the earthly status of the love relationship209
- height for the divine/eternal status of the love relationship209
- person for the love relationship84
- physiological effect for love90, 113, 201
- accelerated heart rate for love90
- increased body temperature for love90
- increased circulation of blood for love67
- red / ruddy face for love67, 73, 90, 165, 201
- self-denial for love127
- subject of love for love181
- time of love for love
- spring for love39, 87, 122, 147, 202
- youth for love118, 193
- lust metonymies (x for lust)
- congestion for lust113
- maturity for experiencing lust187
- subject of lust for lust84, 90, 181
M
- marriage metonymies (x for marriage)
- bridegroom for marriage88
- bride’s wreath for marriage51, 203
- chariot for marriage/wedding145
- priest and cantor for wedding130
- sex for marriage143
- sunday for marriage/wedding160
- wedding for marriage130
S
- sex metonymies (x for sex)
- bed for sex/the sexual affair/act108, 135, 141
- cellar for the sexual act150
- going to bed for the sexual affair135
- hugging for sex72, 144
- kissing for sex/sexual intercourse94, 112, 139
- (mid)night for the sexual act108, 135
- repetitive sounds for sex162
- rhythmic motion for sex162
- water(logged) for vitality39, 102, 107, 124, 172, 201, 215
W
- woman / the object of love metonymies (x for the woman)
- female reproductive organ for woman37, 80, 96
- love for the object of love78
