to light, to kindle (the fire)
→
to shoot
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | täkkʷäsä | |
| Meaning 1 | 'to ignite, light, set on fire' | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'to fire (a gun, artillery or other firearms)' | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | K 989 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | fire | |
| Meaning 1 | fire | to fire a house to set the house on fire |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to shoot | police fired into the crowd police fired into the crowd |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | palit' | |
| Meaning 1 | to scald | палить курицу to scorch chicken |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pound away | палить из пушки по воробьям to break a butterfly on the wheel |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||