to lower, put down
→
to disgrace, dishonor
4 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
2545 | low (location) | → | low (social) | Open |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | German | |
Lexeme 1 | niedrig | |
Lexeme 2 | erniedrigen | |
Meaning 1 | low | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to dishonor, to humble | |
Reference | Moskal'skaja (ed.) 2001 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | opuskat' | |
Meaning 1 | to lower, drop down | Опустить ведро в колодец to cast the bucket into the well |
Meaning 2 | to humiliate | Начальник опустил Петра в глазах его товарищей. The boss humiliated Peter in front of his colleagues. |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme 1 | низкий (nizkij) | |
Lexeme 2 | унижать (unižat') | |
Meaning 1 | low | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to dishonor, to humble | |
Reference | BAS | |
Comment | Probably semantic borrowing from German |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Yakut | |
Lexeme | түhэр- | |
Meaning 1 | to drop, to lower | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to bemean oneself, to derogate | кини бэйэтин улаханнык түhэрдэ He discredited himself seriously |
Reference | ||
Comment | ЯРС 416. |