to turn, rotate (intr.)
→
to address (someone)
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | German | |
Lexeme 1 | sich wenden | |
Lexeme 2 | sich wenden (an Akk) | |
Meaning 1 | to turn around | sich plötzlich wenden 'to turn around suddenly' |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to address (somebody); to apply to | sich an einen Rechtsanwalt wenden 'to apply to a lawyer'; sich an den Vorsitzenden wenden 'to address the chair' |
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Comment | The verb has an additional complement iin the meaning B. |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Italian | |
Lexeme | rivolgersi | |
Meaning 1 | to turn | rivolgersi nella direzione opposta to turn to 180 degrees, to turn to the opposite side |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to address smn, | A chi rivolgersi? Who shall I address? |
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ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | обращаться (obraščat'sja) | |
Meaning 1 | to spin, to rotate | Земля обращается вокруг Солнца The Earth rotates around the Sun. |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to address (someone) | разрешите обратиться! 'let me address you' |
Reference | BAS: 8, 383 | |
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