to dig to investigate 13 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Classical Arabic
Lexeme nabat̲a
Meaning 1 'to dig with the hand, to dig out'
Direction
Meaning 2 'to investigate, scrutinize, examine' nabat̲ū ʕan-i l-ʔamr-I 'they searched for the thing, searched into, inquired into investigated, scrutinized, or examined it'
Reference
Comment Lane 2754. The meaning B requires the preposition ʕan.
NEW Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Croatian
Lexeme kopati
Meaning 1 to dig kopati bunar
dig a well
Direction
Meaning 2 to investigate kopati po knjigama, kopati po čijoj prošlosti
to investigate the books, investigate somebody's past
Reference HJP
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Danish
Lexeme grave
Meaning 1 to dig grave et hul
to dig a hole
Direction
Meaning 2 to investigate
Reference DDO
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language French
Lexeme fouiller
Meaning 1 to unearth fouiller à Delphes un site archéologique
to unearth an archaeological site in Delphi
Direction
Meaning 2 to investigate Il a fouillé le problème avant de faire son exposé.
He had investigated the problem before making the report.
Reference Larousse online
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Norwegian
Lexeme grave
Meaning 1 to dig grave hull
to dig holes
Direction
Meaning 2 to investigate rote og grave i andres saker
to poke into other people’s business
Reference BO
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme 1 kopat'
Lexeme 2 kopat', dokopat'sja
Meaning 1 to dig копать землю
to dig earth
Direction
Meaning 2 докопаться до истины
to get down to bed-rock
Reference
Comment
NEW Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Serbian
Lexeme копати (kopati)
Meaning 1 to dig копати гроб, копати јаму
dig a grave, dig a hole
Direction
Meaning 2 to investigate kopam po proslosti
investigate the past
Reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 568
Comment Example for meaning 2 - CLARIN.SI
NEW Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Serbian
Lexeme чепркати (čeprkati)
Meaning 1 to dig чепркати по башти, чепркати по дворишту
to dig in the garden, to dig in the yard
Direction
Meaning 2 to investigate чепркати по историји, чепркати по прошлости
to investigate the history, to investigate the past
Reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1509-1510
Comment
NEW Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Serbian
Lexeme čeprkati
Meaning 1 to dig
Direction
Meaning 2 to investigate čeprkati po čijoj prošlosti
to investigate somebody's past
Reference HJP
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Spanish
Lexeme cavar
Meaning 1 to dig (a hole); to trench
Direction
Meaning 2 to ponder
Reference
Comment Narumov 1995: 182
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Swedish
Lexeme gräva
Meaning 1 to dig gräva en brunn
to dig a well
Direction
Meaning 2 to investigate gräva i det förflutna
to investigate the past
Reference SAO
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Tibetan
Lexeme abru-ba
Meaning 1 to dig
Direction
Meaning 2 to study, to research
Reference
Comment Рерих VI, 333.
NEW Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Turkish
Lexeme eşele-
Meaning 1 to dig, grub, scratch Eşelemek için, fazer kullanmamız gerekebilir.
We might need to use phasers to excavate it.
Direction
Meaning 2 to investigate Etrafı eşelemek iyi değildir
Digging around isn't good
Reference Baskakov 1977: 280
Comment Also eş-, eşin- 'to dig soil (of animals); to analyze, investigate'