The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

64 shifts found

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Speed", "target": "to inhabit, live", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1247, "source": "to become", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "can, to be able", "target_tags": "Cognition; Modal"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1248, "source": "to be, exist", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "possible", "target_tags": "Modal"}, {"direction": "\u2194", "id": 1463, "source": "to walk, to go", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Motion", "target": "to inhabit, live", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1476, "source": "to remain, stay", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "corpse", "target_tags": "Human Beings"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1477, "source": "to remain, stay", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "to stop doing smth.", "target_tags": "Phasal"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1696, "source": "to live, be alive", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "food", "target_tags": "Food and Drinks"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1700, "source": "to live, be alive", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "animal", "target_tags": "Animals"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 1839, "source": "to be born", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physiology", "target": "to inhabit, live", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1849, "source": "to stand", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Position", "target": "to inhabit, live", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2125, "source": "to stand", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Position", "target": "to take place", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2353, "source": "to live, be alive", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "bread", "target_tags": "Food and Drinks"}, {"direction": "\u2194", "id": 2524, "source": "to inhabit, live", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "to plough", "target_tags": "Physical Actions"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2877, "source": "to return (intr.)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Motion", "target": "to become", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3489, "source": "to find", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Cognition", "target": "to be, exist", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 3512, "source": "to wait", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Social Actions and Relations", "target": "to remain, stay", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 3626, "source": "to sit", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Position", "target": "to remain, stay", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3654, "source": "to go out", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Motion", "target": "to come into existence", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4183, "source": "to be born", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Physiology", "target": "to become", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5010, "source": "to stand", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Position", "target": "to become", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 5011, "source": "to come, arrive", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Motion", "target": "to become", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5887, "source": "to speak", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Speech", "target": "to live, be alive", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5907, "source": "to live, be alive", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "property, possessions", "target_tags": "Possession"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6247, "source": "to see/to look at", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Perception; Perception. Visual", "target": "to live, be alive", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6463, "source": "to live, be alive", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "to inhabit, live", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6497, "source": "to get, obtain", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Possession", "target": "to become", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6498, "source": "to walk, to go", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Motion", "target": "to become", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6672, "source": "to stand up", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Motion; Position", "target": "to come into existence", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6675, "source": "to be born", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physiology", "target": "to come into existence", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6747, "source": "to do, act", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Physical Actions", "target": "to be, exist", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6892, "source": "to go down", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Motion", "target": "to remain, stay", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7202, "source": "to be, exist", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "to be situated", "target_tags": "Spatial Relations"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7357, "source": "to lie (posture)", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Position", "target": "to inhabit, live", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7434, "source": "to come into existence", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "to rise (of Moon, Sun)", "target_tags": "Astronomical Objects"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7528, "source": "to fill (tr.)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Actions", "target": "to remain, stay", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 7630, "source": "to do, act", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Actions", "target": "to inhabit, live", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7713, "source": "to live, be alive", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "cereal", "target_tags": "Plants; Plants. Cultivated Plants"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7809, "source": "to become visible", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Perception. Visual", "target": "to come into existence", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8482, "source": "to emit smell", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Perception. Olfactory", "target": "to come into existence", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 8602, "source": "to live, be alive", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "to flourish, prosper", "target_tags": "Evaluation"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9107, "source": "to become visible", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Perception. Visual", "target": "to be, exist", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9244, "source": "to stand", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Position", "target": "to be, exist", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 9285, "source": "to be, exist", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "to become", "target_tags": "Existence"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9347, "source": "to be, exist", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "to want", "target_tags": "Volition"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9497, "source": "to become", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "may, to be allowed", "target_tags": "Modal"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9792, "source": "to live, be alive", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "enough", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9832, "source": "to live, be alive", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "fat, lard", "target_tags": "Substances and Materials"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9837, "source": "to live, be alive", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "to grow (plants)", "target_tags": "Plants"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9838, "source": "to live, be alive", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "to convalesce, recover from illness", "target_tags": "Physiology"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9962, "source": "to live, be alive", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "to escape, flee", "target_tags": "Motion"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10226, "source": "to be, exist", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "to establish, found", "target_tags": "Social Actions and Relations"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10228, "source": "to be, exist", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "always", "target_tags": "Discourse Markers; Time"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10229, "source": "to be, exist", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "apartment, flat", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Buildings"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10230, "source": "to be, exist", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "place", "target_tags": "Spatial Relations"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10231, "source": "to be, exist", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "state, situation", "target_tags": "Abstract Entities"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10290, "source": "to become", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "to suffice, be enough", "target_tags": "Abstract Relations"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10338, "source": "to become", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "opportunity", "target_tags": "Abstract Entities"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10341, "source": "to become", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "to ripen", "target_tags": "Physical Processes"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10399, "source": "to become", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "to happen", "target_tags": "Abstract Entities"}]

ID	Meaning 1	Taxons 1	Direction	Meaning 2	Taxons 2
7	to turn, rotate (intr.)	Motion	→	to become	Existence
572	to cross, traverse	Motion	→	to become	Existence
582	to inhabit, live	Existence	↔	to be situated	Spatial Relations
756	to sit	Position	→	to inhabit, live	Existence
964	to have, possess	Possession	→	to be, exist	Existence
983	to slow, linger	Speed	—	to inhabit, live	Existence
1247	to become	Existence	→	can, to be able	Cognition; Modal
1248	to be, exist	Existence	→	possible	Modal
1463	to walk, to go	Motion	↔	to inhabit, live	Existence
1476	to remain, stay	Existence	→	corpse	Human Beings
1477	to remain, stay	Existence	→	to stop doing smth.	Phasal
1696	to live, be alive	Existence	→	food	Food and Drinks
1700	to live, be alive	Existence	→	animal	Animals
1839	to be born	Physiology	—	to inhabit, live	Existence
1849	to stand	Position	→	to inhabit, live	Existence
2125	to stand	Position	→	to take place	Existence
2353	to live, be alive	Existence	→	bread	Food and Drinks
2524	to inhabit, live	Existence	↔	to plough	Physical Actions
2877	to return (intr.)	Motion	→	to become	Existence
3489	to find	Cognition	→	to be, exist	Existence
3512	to wait	Social Actions and Relations	—	to remain, stay	Existence
3626	to sit	Position	—	to remain, stay	Existence
3654	to go out	Motion	→	to come into existence	Existence
4183	to be born	Physiology	→	to become	Existence
5010	to stand	Position	→	to become	Existence
5011	to come, arrive	Motion	—	to become	Existence
5887	to speak	Speech	→	to live, be alive	Existence
5907	to live, be alive	Existence	→	property, possessions	Possession
6247	to see/to look at	Perception; Visual	→	to live, be alive	Existence
6463	to live, be alive	Existence	→	to inhabit, live	Existence
6497	to get, obtain	Possession	→	to become	Existence
6498	to walk, to go	Motion	→	to become	Existence
6672	to stand up	Motion; Position	→	to come into existence	Existence
6675	to be born	Physiology	→	to come into existence	Existence
6747	to do, act	Physical Actions	→	to be, exist	Existence
6892	to go down	Motion	→	to remain, stay	Existence
7202	to be, exist	Existence	→	to be situated	Spatial Relations
7357	to lie (posture)	Position	→	to inhabit, live	Existence
7434	to come into existence	Existence	→	to rise (of Moon, Sun)	Astronomical Objects
7528	to fill (tr.)	Physical Actions	→	to remain, stay	Existence
7630	to do, act	Physical Actions	—	to inhabit, live	Existence
7713	to live, be alive	Existence	→	cereal	Plants; Cultivated Plants
7809	to become visible	Visual	→	to come into existence	Existence
8482	to emit smell	Olfactory	→	to come into existence	Existence
8602	to live, be alive	Existence	—	to flourish, prosper	Evaluation
9107	to become visible	Visual	→	to be, exist	Existence
9244	to stand	Position	→	to be, exist	Existence
9285	to be, exist	Existence	—	to become	Existence
9347	to be, exist	Existence	→	to want	Volition
9497	to become	Existence	→	may, to be allowed	Modal
9792	to live, be alive	Existence	→	enough	Quantity
9832	to live, be alive	Existence	→	fat, lard	Substances and Materials
9837	to live, be alive	Existence	→	to grow (plants)	Plants
9838	to live, be alive	Existence	→	to convalesce, recover from illness	Physiology
9962	to live, be alive	Existence	→	to escape, flee	Motion
10226	to be, exist	Existence	→	to establish, found	Social Actions and Relations
10228	to be, exist	Existence	→	always	Discourse Markers; Time
10229	to be, exist	Existence	→	apartment, flat	Artifacts; Buildings
10230	to be, exist	Existence	→	place	Spatial Relations
10231	to be, exist	Existence	→	state, situation	Abstract Entities
10290	to become	Existence	→	to suffice, be enough	Abstract Relations
10338	to become	Existence	→	opportunity	Abstract Entities
10341	to become	Existence	→	to ripen	Physical Processes
10399	to become	Existence	→	to happen	Abstract Entities