to give birth
—
to cause
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme | umu (生む) | |
| Meaning 1 | to give birth to | 先週、妻が子供を産みました
Senshū tsuma ga kodomo o umimashita My wife had a baby last week |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to lead to, to result in | 同じ原因がしばしば異なった結果を生む Onaji gen'in ga shibashiba kotonatta kekka o umu The same cause often gives rise to different effects |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | rodit' | |
| Lexeme 2 | porodit' | |
| Meaning 1 | to give birth to | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to cause | Его отъезд породил множество слухов His departure caused a lot of rumours. |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tibetan | |
| Lexeme | skyed-pa | |
| Meaning 1 | to give birth | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | cause | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Рерих I, 200. Meaning 1 in full - to generate, to produce, to form, to give birth; 2. birth, genesis, cause. The words 'mother' and 'father' are derived from this verb. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | engendrer | |
| Meaning 1 | to give birth | engendrer un fils to deliver a son |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to lead to | engendrer des conséquences to lead to consequences |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme | szül | |
| Meaning 1 | to deliver (a child) | fiút szülni to deliver a son |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to cause | rossz vért szülni to give a bad feeling |
| Reference | Гальди 1974: 706 | |
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