to dig
—
to investigate
13 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |
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Reference | ||
Comment |
NEW Realization 7 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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' |