to smear, anoint
→
to bribe
19 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1114 | to put into | → | to bribe | Open |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Abaza | |
| Lexeme | шIщра | |
| Meaning 1 | to smear, anoint | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to bribe | |
| Reference | Tugov 1967: 448 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme | smøre | |
| Meaning 1 | to smear, anoint | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to bribe | |
| Reference | DDO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | grease | |
| Meaning 1 | to lubricate, to oil | |
| Meaning 2 | to bribe | to grease the palm (hand), to grease the wheels |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Cf. also Ital.ungere 'to oil', meaning "to bribe" in set phrases ungere la ruote / la carrucola 'to bribe (lit. to oil wheels / block)' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | lubricate | |
| Meaning 1 | to lubricate | to lubricate the cylinder to lubricate the cylinder |
| Meaning 2 | to bribe | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | graisser | |
| Meaning 1 | lubricate | graisser une machine to oil a car |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to bribe | graisser le marteau to bribe the doorkeeper |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
| Comment | The expression 'graisser le marteau' is obsolete. Cf. also the expression 'graisser la patte à qqn' (to bribe someone, lit. to smear one's pad' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Gagauz | |
| Lexeme | yaala- | |
| Meaning 1 | to spread, to lubricate | |
| Meaning 2 | to bribe (smn) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ГРМС 206. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | schmieren | |
| Meaning 1 | to smear | Butter auf Brot schmieren to spread bread with butter |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to bribe | er hat ihn geschmiert he bribed him |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hill Mari | |
| Lexeme | шӹрӓлӓш | |
| Meaning 1 | to smear, anoint | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to bribe | |
| Reference | Savatkova 2008 | |
| Comment | Also шӹрӓш in both meanings | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme | абурагусури | |
| Meaning 1 | unction, ointment | |
| Meaning 2 | bribe | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | There is a derivative verb meaning "to anoint, to put ointment" | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kumyk | |
| Lexeme | майла- | |
| Meaning 1 | to oil | |
| Meaning 2 | to bribe | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Moksha | |
| Lexeme | вадемс | |
| Meaning 1 | to spread | |
| Meaning 2 | to bribe | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | In set phrases вадемс кядь 'to bribe' (lit. 'to grease a palm') and вадемс нярь 'the same' (lit. 'to grease a face') | |
| NEW Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Nogai | |
| Lexeme | майлав | |
| Meaning 1 | to smear, anoint | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to bribe | |
| Reference | Baskakov 1963: 210 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | smøre | |
| Meaning 1 | to smear, anoint | smøre salve på såret to smear ointment over the wound |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to bribe | dørvakten måtte smøres litt før vi slapp inn we had to bribe the guard before we came in |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme | a unge | |
| Meaning 1 | to oil | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to bribe | |
| Reference | DEX98 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | podmazat' | |
| Meaning 1 | to oil, to lubricate | |
| Meaning 2 | to bribe (substand.) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | untar | |
| Meaning 1 | to oil, to smear | untar con aceite to butter |
| Meaning 2 | to bribe | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Also in the phrase untar la mano 'to bribe' (lit. 'to grease a palm') Narumov 1995, 773 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme | smörja | |
| Meaning 1 | to smear, anoint | hon smorde (in) händerna med hudkräm she smeared her hands with skin cream |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to bribe | de herrarna måste man smörja för att få dem dit man vill one has to bribe the masters in order to get what one wants from them |
| Reference | SAO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tagalog | |
| Lexeme | padulás | |
| Meaning 1 | oiling, lubrication | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bribe | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | From dulás 'smoothness; gliding' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | läḳ̃läḳ̃ä | |
| Meaning 1 | 'to paint, daub, smear, coat walls with mud' | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'to bribe, give bribes' | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | KT 87 | |