to carry
→
to steal
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
1043 | to drag | → | to steal | Open |
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Comment
NEW Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Khoekhoe | |
Lexeme | gâmllkhâm {gamllkham} v.t | |
Meaning 1 | carry/wedge (s.th.) under the arm | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | fig. steal | |
Reference | Haacke Khoekhoe 2002 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme 1 | nesti | |
Lexeme 2 | nesun | |
Meaning 1 | to carry | a. Нести ребенка на руках 'to carry a child in one's arms'. b. Нести кладь на спине 'to carry a load on the back'. |
Meaning 2 | thief (who steals thinks from work) | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme 1 | peret' | |
Lexeme 2 | speret' | |
Meaning 1 | to draw, to pull | Прет на себе громадное бревно. He is carrying a huge log on his shoulders. |
Meaning 2 | to steal | Караулов спер у дяди Васи какие-то там блинчики. (Куприн) Karaulov stole from uncle Vasya some little pancakes. (Kuprin) |
Reference | ||
Comment | Cf. in the meaning А: Сундук тяжелый, его с места не сопрешь 'The chest is heavy, you cannot move it'. |