to turn, rotate (tr.) → to distort 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Gagauz
lexeme çevir-
meaning 1 to spin, to turn текерлää чевирмää
to turn a wheel
direction →
meaning 2 to distort, to pervert йаланы аслыйа чевирмää
He calls black white (lit. turns lie into truth)
reference
comment ГРМС 533. The same in Turk. Çevir- (ТуРС 183).
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Latin
lexeme perverto, -ere
meaning 1 to turn over
direction →
meaning 2 to spoil, damage mores pervertere
reference Dvoreckij 1976: 760
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 вращать (vraščat')
lexeme 2 извращать (izvraščat')
meaning 1 to spin, to rotate
direction —
meaning 2 to perverse
reference
comment ср. также prevratnyj 'perverse'

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