to perceive smell
→
to detect
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | smell | |
| Meaning 1 | to smell, scent | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to detect dislikeable characteristics | |
| Reference | Sweetser 1990: 37 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme 1 | schnüffeln | |
| Lexeme 2 | ausschnüffeln | |
| Meaning 1 | to perceive smell | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to detect | |
| Reference | Duden | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme | odorare | |
| Meaning 1 | to perceive smell | odora questo latte, mi sembra acido smell this milk, it seems sour to me |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to detect | odorò subito le mie segrete intenzioni He immediately smelled my secret intentions |
| Reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | нюхать | |
| Lexeme 2 | пронюхать | |
| Meaning 1 | to perceive smell | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to detect | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | oler | |
| Meaning 1 | to perceive smell | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to know or guess something that was judged hidden, to suspect it | |
| Reference | DRAE | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Wubuy (Nunggubuyu) | |
| Lexeme | yarra- | |
| Meaning 1 | to smell, scent | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to detect, sense | |
| Reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 576 | |
| Comment | ||