Number of realizations
4
to eat
→
to corrode
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| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme 1 | eat | |
| Lexeme 2 | eat away (at) | |
| Meaning 1 | to eat | Vegetarians don't eat meat. |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to corrode | The wooden parts had been eaten away by damp. |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lezgian | |
| Lexeme | t’ün | |
| Meaning 1 | to eat | ада кьуда кьван неда "he eats like four (неда = the suppletive present stem of the verb)" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to corrode, to eat away | муьрхъуь ракь неда "Rust eats iron." |
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| Comment | (LezgRus 326) | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | jiào | |
| Meaning 1 | to chew, to gnaw | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to corrode | |
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| Comment | БКРС 5279 | |
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| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | est' | |
| Lexeme 2 | raz"est' | |
| Meaning 1 | to eat | Кот съел мышку. "A cat ate a mouse." |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to corrode | a. Ржавчина разъела железо. 'The rust corroded the iron.' b. Серная кислота разъела ткань. 'Sulphuric acid gnawed the fabrics.' |
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