to lie down
→
to set (of Moon, Sun)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Chukchee | |
| Lexeme | ивтытвик | |
| Meaning 1 | to lie down | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to set (of Sun) | |
| Reference | Moll, Inènlikèj 1957: 39 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | se coucher | |
| Meaning 1 | to lie | se coucher par terre to lie on the floor |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to set (of the sun) | Le soleil est couché. The sun has set. |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme | a culca | |
| Meaning 1 | to lie | |
| Meaning 2 | to go under (sun) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | In Romanian, it is a possible semantic calque from French | |