The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

17 shifts found

[{"direction": "\u2192", "id": 67, "source": "light, bright, clear", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Light", "target": "comprehensible", "target_tags": "Cognition"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 254, "source": "light, bright, clear", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Light", "target": "clever, wise", "target_tags": "Cognition; Human Qualities"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 767, "source": "dark (adj.)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Light", "target": "incomprehensible", "target_tags": "Cognition"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 782, "source": "brilliant, glaring", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Perception. Visual; Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Light", "target": "clever, wise", "target_tags": "Cognition; Human Qualities"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1063, "source": "dark (adj.)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Light", "target": "ignorant", "target_tags": "Cognition; Human Qualities"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1757, "source": "can, to be able", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Cognition; Modal", "target": "to endure", "target_tags": "Physical Properties"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1773, "source": "can, to be able", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Cognition; Modal", "target": "strong", "target_tags": "Physical Properties"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1820, "source": "to make hard", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "to learn, study", "target_tags": "Cognition"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2003, "source": "sharp", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Shape", "target": "clever, wise", "target_tags": "Cognition; Human Qualities"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 2323, "source": "to endure", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "to remember, recall", "target_tags": "Cognition"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2349, "source": "strong", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "clever, wise", "target_tags": "Cognition; Human Qualities"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3469, "source": "heavy (vs. light)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "earnest, serious", "target_tags": "Cognition; Evaluation; Human Qualities"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3676, "source": "transparent", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "comprehensible", "target_tags": "Cognition"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6887, "source": "thin (of an object)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Size", "target": "to investigate/examine", "target_tags": "Cognition"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 7836, "source": "dry", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "evident", "target_tags": "Cognition"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7964, "source": "to shine, glitter", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Light", "target": "to distinguish", "target_tags": "Cognition"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 8024, "source": "to choose", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Cognition", "target": "to shine, glitter", "target_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Light"}]

ID	Meaning 1	Taxons 1	Direction	Meaning 2	Taxons 2
67	light, bright, clear	Physical Properties; Light	→	comprehensible	Cognition
254	light, bright, clear	Physical Properties; Light	→	clever, wise	Cognition; Human Qualities
767	dark (adj.)	Physical Properties; Light	→	incomprehensible	Cognition
782	brilliant, glaring	Visual; Physical Properties; Light	→	clever, wise	Cognition; Human Qualities
1063	dark (adj.)	Physical Properties; Light	→	ignorant	Cognition; Human Qualities
1757	can, to be able	Cognition; Modal	→	to endure	Physical Properties
1773	can, to be able	Cognition; Modal	→	strong	Physical Properties
1820	to make hard	Physical Properties	→	to learn, study	Cognition
2003	sharp	Physical Properties; Shape	→	clever, wise	Cognition; Human Qualities
2323	to endure	Physical Properties	—	to remember, recall	Cognition
2349	strong	Physical Properties	→	clever, wise	Cognition; Human Qualities
3469	heavy (vs. light)	Physical Properties	→	earnest, serious	Cognition; Evaluation; Human Qualities
3676	transparent	Physical Properties	→	comprehensible	Cognition
6887	thin (of an object)	Physical Properties; Size	→	to investigate/examine	Cognition
7836	dry	Physical Properties	—	evident	Cognition
7964	to shine, glitter	Physical Properties; Light	→	to distinguish	Cognition
8024	to choose	Cognition	—	to shine, glitter	Physical Properties; Light