to chew
→
to explain
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 | Japanese | |
Lexeme | kamu (噛む) | |
Meaning 1 | to chew; to bite; to gnaw | 彼はいま歯が痛むのでよくかむことができない。 He can't chew well, because he has a toothache now. |
Meaning 2 | to explain in detail | |
Reference | ||
Comment | EDICT. |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Nivkh | |
Lexeme | вавуɧытть | |
Meaning 1 | to chew | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to explain | |
Reference | Savel'eva, Taksami 1970: 43 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | разжёвывать (razževyvat') | |
Meaning 1 | to chew | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to explain in detail | Почему я должен все тебе разжевывать? Why do I have to spoon feed everything to you? |
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