François 2008

François, Alexandre. 2008. Semantic maps and the typology of colexification: intertwining polysemous networks across languages. In Martine Vanhove (ed.), From polysemy to semantic change, 163–215. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

Realizations (54)

Shift Language Lexeme Source Target Page
#60 French droit straight → right (vs. left) 166
#1067 Italian sentire to feel → to hear 174
#563 French homme man — person 176
#1017 English straight straight — sincere, honest 166
#1643 Ancient Greek ψυχή soul → (rare) butterfly 195
#1647 Latin spirare to blow, to breathe → spirit 195
#1017 French droit rectilinear → honest 166
#61 Old French droit rectilinear → right, true 171
#933 Latin vir man → husband 176
#2675 Mwotlap ōl to scream → to hail 179
#1455 Mwotlap ōl to call sb’s name → to name a child or sth 179
#1853 Makonde ku-pumula to breathe → to take a rest 182
#1853 Nahuatl imi’iyo to breathe → to take a rest 183
#1853 Mwotlap mōkheg to breathe → to take a rest 183
#1853 Kumak horêân to breathe → to take a rest 183
#3498 Kumak horêân to take a rest → to stop, cease 183
#749 Modern Greek pneō to blow — to breathe 183
#749 Latin spiro, -are to blow (of wind) — to breathe 196
#2697 Araki soɾo to blow → to talk, tell a story 183
#786 Latin spiritus breath → wind 187
#786 Ancient Greek pneuma act of breathing, sb’s breath → wind 195
#666 Sanskrit ātman soul → the self, the abstract person 191
#666 Arabic nafs soul → self 191
#1647 Sanskrit ātman breath — the individual soul, spiritual force of the person 194
#1647 Ancient Greek ψυχή (psykhē) breath → soul 194
#1647 Aleut anr(i) breath — spirit, soul 197
#1647 Beja šūk breathing, breath — soul 199
#667 Latin anima act or manner of breathing → being, creature, person 195
#48 Mandarin Chinese qì (气) air — weather, atmosphere 196
#3099 Mandarin Chinese 气 (qì) breathing, breath — air 196
#3099 Sar koo breathing, breath — air, gas 199
#1067 Catalan sentir to feel → to hear 174
#1067 Mwotlap yon̄teg to hear → to feel 174
#1067 Bislama harem to hear → to feel 174
#1602 French esprit spirit → phantom, ghost 190
#4195 English straight rectilinear → directly 166
#3751 Mwotlap ōl to creak — to scream 179
#3752 French souffler to blow → to whisper, prompt 183
#3753 Mwotlap nō-mōkhe breath — smell 187
#3753 Latin spiritus breath — smell 187
#3753 Ancient Greek pneuma act of breathing, sb’s breath — smell, scent 195
#3753 Mandarin Chinese qì (气 or 氣) breath — smell, scent
#3753 Nahuatl imi’iyo ~ i’iyac breath — smell, esp. bodily smell 197
#3754 Sanskrit ātman breath — understanding, intellect, mind
#3754 Ancient Greek psūkhē breath — seat of intelligence, mind 195
#3755 Ancient Greek ψυχή (psūkhē) breath — somebody's life 194
#3757 Aleut anr(i) breath — voice 197
#3758 Mwotlap mōkheg to breathe — to perceive a smell 198
#2039 English straight rectilinear — classical 166
#3764 English straight rectilinear — heterosexual 166
#3765 English straight rectilinear — undiluted 166
#3766 Mwotlap ōl to hail — to mention sb 179
#3768 Mwotlap na-tmat deceased person — ghost 190
#4447 Sar koo air — gas 199