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