The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

7 shifts found

[{"direction": "\u2192", "id": 988, "source": "to thrust (into)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Actions", "target": "to practice witchcraft", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1710, "source": "to spoil (tr.)", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Physical Actions", "target": "harmful sorcery", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3324, "source": "to tell a person\u0027s fortune", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Magic", "target": "to loaf, do nothing", "target_tags": "Physical Actions"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3387, "source": "to play (a musical instrument)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts. Musical Instruments; Physical Actions", "target": "to practice witchcraft", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5764, "source": "to practice witchcraft", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Magic", "target": "to make, create", "target_tags": "Physical Actions"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 7138, "source": "to thresh (grain)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Actions; Plants. Cultivated Plants", "target": "to tell a person\u0027s fortune", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10114, "source": "to tie", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Physical Actions", "target": "to cast a spell", "target_tags": "Magic"}]

ID	Meaning 1	Taxons 1	Direction	Meaning 2	Taxons 2
988	to thrust (into)	Physical Actions	→	to practice witchcraft	Magic
1710	to spoil (tr.)	Physical Actions	→	harmful sorcery	Magic
3324	to tell a person's fortune	Magic	→	to loaf, do nothing	Physical Actions
3387	to play (a musical instrument)	Musical Instruments; Physical Actions	→	to practice witchcraft	Magic
5764	to practice witchcraft	Magic	→	to make, create	Physical Actions
7138	to thresh (grain)	Physical Actions; Cultivated Plants	—	to tell a person's fortune	Magic
10114	to tie	Physical Actions	→	to cast a spell	Magic