to raise, lift (tr.) to build 21 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Breton
Lexeme sevel
Meaning 1 to raise
Direction
Meaning 2 to build
Reference Buck: 591
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Chong
Lexeme jok.C
Meaning 1 to raise, lift (tr.)
Direction
Meaning 2 to build
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
NEW Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Croatian
Lexeme podignuti
Meaning 1 to raise, lift (tr.)

podignuti zastavu, podignuti ruku


to raise the flag, to raise hand

Direction
Meaning 2 to build

podignuti kuću


to build a house

Reference HJP
Comment
NEW Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Galician
Lexeme erguer
Meaning 1 to lift up, to elevate, to raise
Direction
Meaning 2 to build, to erect
Reference DDDDLG
Comment
NEW Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Galician
Lexeme alzar
Meaning 1 to lift, raise
Direction
Meaning 2 to build
Reference DDDDLG
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Hill Mari
Lexeme лӱктӓш
Meaning 1 to raise, lift (tr.)
Direction
Meaning 2 to build
Reference Savatkova 2008
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Hungarian
Lexeme emel
Meaning 1 to raise, lift (tr.) a halász lassan emeli a hálót
the fisherman slowly raises the net
Direction
Meaning 2 to build tornyot emel
to build a tower
Reference MEK 1978: 317
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Icelandic
Lexeme reisa
Meaning 1 to lift ég gat ekki reist höfuðið frá koddanum
I could not lift my head from the pillow
Direction
Meaning 2 to build, to erect það á að reisa nýjan skóla
a new school will be built
Reference ISLEX
Comment Берков
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Irish Gaelic
Lexeme tóg
Meaning 1 to lift, raise; take up, take Cloch, ciseán, cupán, a thógáil
to lift a stone, a basket, a cup
Direction
Meaning 2 to build Teach, balla, claí, a thógáil
to build a house, a wall, a dike
Reference Ó Dónaill 1977
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Livvi-Karelian
Lexeme nostua
Meaning 1 to raise, lift (tr.) hein'ät nostua vuiskale
to raise hay to the barn
Direction
Meaning 2 to build kodi on salvettu, a nostuaandu roih keviäh jättiä
the logs for the house have been cut down, but it will have to be built in winter
Reference Makarov 1990: 231-232
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Meadow Mari
Lexeme нӧлташ
Meaning 1 to raise, lift (tr.) нелытым нӧлташ
to lift a load
Direction
Meaning 2 to build Илем йыр ор саварым нӧлтен. (Ким Васин). Эше иктаж вич ий сар шога гын, мый кӱ полатым нӧлтем (Анатолий Березин)
He built fortifications around the dwelling. The war will last another five years, I will erect a stone palace
Reference Marij jylme muter
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme воздвигать (vozdvigat')
Meaning 1 (dated) to raise, lift (tr.) Невеста здесь подходит ко мне, очи свои воздвигает на потолок и говорит... (Николай Успенский "Грушка" 1858)
The bride here comes up to me and lifts her eyes to the ceiling and says...
Direction
Meaning 2 to build Спешно строят мост через Дуйку, воздвигают арки, чистят, красят, подметают. (А. П. Чехов, "Остров Сахалин")
Reference BAS: 2, 550
Comment In modern language mainly 'to build, erect'
ACCEPTED Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme возводить (vozvodit')
Meaning 1 (Usually in sublime stylized speech) to lead up to a higher place И осужденному поднес [Иоанн] венец богатый, И ризою облек из жемчуга и злата, И бармы возложил, и сам на свой престол, По шелковым коврам, виновного возвел. (А. К. Толстой)
And to the condemned [John] presented a rich crown, And he clothed him with a robe of pearls and gold, And he put the barmas, and he himself raised the guilty one on silk carpets. (A. K. Tolstoj)
Direction
Meaning 2 to build, erect any building, structure [Левенчук] увидел среди степи его [Панчувского] новый красный кирпичный дом, кругом которого возводили высокую каменную ограду. (Г. П. Данилевский "Беглые в Новороссии")
[Levenchuk] saw in the middle of steppe his [Panchuvsky] new red brick house, around which a high stone fence was erected.
Reference BAS: 2, 536-537
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Sanskrit
Lexeme uttul
Meaning 1 to raise up (by means of a counterpoise)
Direction
Meaning 2 to erect, set up
Reference MW: 179, 2
Comment Also 'to take up (a sword)'
NEW Realization 15
Type Polysemy
Language Serbian
Lexeme подићи (podići)
Meaning 1 to raise, lift (tr.)

Подићи терет с првог на други спрат.


Lift the load from the first floor to the second floor.

Direction
Meaning 2 to build

подићи кућу


to build a house

Reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 949
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 16
Type Polysemy
Language Surin Khmer (Northern Khmer)
Lexeme lə̂:ʔ
Meaning 1 to raise, lift (tr.)
Direction
Meaning 2 to build
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 17
Type Polysemy
Language Tamil
Lexeme uyarttu
Meaning 1 to raise, lift (tr.)
Direction
Meaning 2 to build
Reference Tamil lexicon: 434
Comment uyarttu-, tr. caus. 1. To lift up, elevate; to build up, as a wall in building; 2. To raise, as price; to increase, as expenditure; 3. To promote to higher office, exalt, ennoble; 4. To honour, treat with respect; to praise, magnify 5. To raise the voice, as in singing or speaking; 6. To lift, hold up, as a sceptre; to hoist, as a flag.
ACCEPTED Realization 18
Type Polysemy
Language Tamil
Lexeme eṭu
Meaning 1 to raise
Direction
Meaning 2 to build
Reference Tamil lexicon
Comment eṭu-, 11 v. tr. 1. To take up, raise. 2. To bear, carry, hold. 3. To hold up. 4. To weigh in a balance 5. To undertake, take in hand 6. To recruit. 7. To utter in a high pitch of voic. 8. To sing in a loud voice; . 9. To sound the soft consonants g, j, ḍ, d, b, of Sanskrit; 10. To speak highly of; 11. To adduce, as an argument. 12. To bring in, introduce, as one's name. 13. To select, choose. 14. To buy, as in a bazaar; to purchase, as in an auction; Colloq. 15. To produce, cause; 16. To build, raise up, as a wall 17. To remove, take off. 18. To take into the mouth, as fish the bait; . 19. To bring up 20. To vomit; . 21. To take to one's self; .--intr. 1. To be inflated, as a monkey's cheeks; 2. To be high, as the forehead; to be prominent, as the nose or ear; 3. To be associated with; 4. To invade.
ACCEPTED Realization 19
Type Polysemy
Language Tver Karelian
Lexeme noštua
Meaning 1 to raise, lift (tr.)
Direction
Meaning 2 to build noštua sruwba
to build a log house
Reference Punžina 1994: 180-181
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 20
Type Polysemy
Language Udmurt
Lexeme ӝутъяны
Meaning 1 to raise, lift (tr.) сенике турын ӝутъяны
to raise hay to the hayloft
Direction
Meaning 2 to build выль коркаос ӝутъяны
to build new houses
Reference Kirillova 2008
Comment Also ӝутканы and ӝуткалляны.
ACCEPTED Realization 21
Type Polysemy
Language Veps
Lexeme ĺeta
Meaning 1 to raise, lift (tr.) ĺenda samvar stoлaлe, ǵöškam čajun
lift the samovar on the table, we'll drink tea
Direction
Meaning 2 to build peŕt́inˬku ĺendaškatas, son pandas paŕt́īĺe
when they build a house, put moss between the logs
Reference Zajceva, Mullonen 1972: 285
Comment