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). | |