to give birth → to cause 5 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
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 2
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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ACCEPTED Realization 3
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 4
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 родить (rodit')
lexeme 2 породить (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 5
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme skyed-pa
meaning 1 to give birth
direction —
meaning 2 cause
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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.

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