quick
→
skilful, dexterous
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | ḳälṭaffa | |
| Meaning 1 | rapid, prompt, agile, quick | yäḳərč̣at kʷas täč̣awač ḳälṭaffa mähon alläbät 'A basketball player has to be agile' (Leslau 1973:31) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | deft, efficient | ḳälṭaffa säratäñña näw 'He is an efficient worker' (Leslau 1973:374) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (K 695). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | toropit'sja | |
| Lexeme 2 | rastoropnyj | |
| Meaning 1 | to be in hurry | Я тороплюсь на поезд 'I am in hurry to catch the train' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | agile, deft, dexterous | расторопный работник 'an efficient, deft worker' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tibetan | |
| Lexeme | skyen-pa | |
| Meaning 1 | quick, fast | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | dexterous, skilful | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Рерих I, 201. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | fäṭṭan | |
| Meaning 1 | quick, swift, speedy, rapid | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | deft, skillful, alert, industrious | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (KT 2733). | |