to be tied
→
to feel affection
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | attach | |
| lexeme 2 | attachment | |
| meaning 1 | to join or fasten (something) to something else | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | affection, fondness, or sympathy for someone or something | |
| reference | ODE | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language | Irish Gaelic | |
| lexeme | ceangail | |
| meaning 1 | to be tied | Beart a cheangal to tie a parcel |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to feel affection | Ta an lanuin ceangailthe the cuple are united (with love) |
| reference | Ó Dónaill 1977: 203 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme 1 | argamǯi- | |
| lexeme 2 | argamǯigda- | |
| meaning 1 | to tie | морь аргамжих to tether a horse to a lay up |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to become attached, to fall in love | алаг нүдний сормуусанд аргамжигдах to fall in love with a brown eyed girl (lit. to get attached to the eye lashes of a brown eyed girl) |
| reference | ||
| comment | БАМРС. Derived from аргамж 'rope'. Аргамжигдах is the passive from аргамжих. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | privjazat'sja | |
| lexeme 2 | privjazat'sja, privjazannost' | |
| meaning 1 | to become attached | я привязался веревкой к скале I tied myself to the rock with a rope |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to get attached | Петя очень привязался к Маше. Petya became attached to Masha |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||