to sleep to copulate, make love 11 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme täñña
meaning 1 to sleep, be asleep täñto aräffädä
to oversleep
direction
meaning 2 to sleep with a woman täññat
He slept with her, had sex with her.
reference AED: 985
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NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme spavati
meaning 1 to sleep

čvrsto spavati


to sleep soundly

direction
meaning 2 to have sexual intercourse (with)
reference HJP
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme 1 to sleep
lexeme 2 to sleep (with)
meaning 1 to sleep
direction
meaning 2 to have sexual relationship with smn
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ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Geez
lexeme sakaba, sakba
meaning 1 to sleep soba yəsakkəb diba məskābu
when he sleeps in his bed (Job 33:15)
direction
meaning 2 to lie (with a woman) ʔəlla sakabu ba-ʔənta wəlud
[The spouses] who slept because of the children [in order to beget the children].
reference LLA: 380 CDG: 496
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ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Latin
lexeme cubo, -are
meaning 1 to lie down or to be lying down, recline, to be in bed or on one's couch; to take one's rest, to sleep; to retire for the night
direction
meaning 2 to lie (with) for sexual intercourse
reference Glare: 464
comment Also cubito 'to recline, to lie down, to take one's rest, to sleep', 'to have secual relations with a person'
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme spat'
meaning 1 to sleep Кирилл мирно спит в своей кровати.
Cyrill is sleeping peacefully in his bed.
direction
meaning 2 to shag, to go to bed В бульварной прессе можно во всех подробностях прочесть, кто с кем спит.
In the tabloid press you can read about who sleeps with who in all details.
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NEW Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme спавати (spavati)
meaning 1 to sleep

Kad sam večerala , okupala sam se i otišla da spavam.


When I had dinner, I took a bath and went to sleep.

direction
meaning 2 to have sexual intercourse (with)

Nemojte spavati s nekim na prvom sastanku.


Don't have sex with someone on the first date.

reference CLARIN.SI Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1253
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ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme nyal-po
meaning 1 sleeping
direction
meaning 2 sexual intercourse
reference
comment Рерих 3, 238.
ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme däḳḳäsä
meaning 1 to sleep, slumber nəʔabboy kəṣəwwəʕo ʔayəḵəʔələn däḳḳisu ʔallommo
I can't call my father because he is asleep.
direction
meaning 2 to sleep (with a woman) zətämärʕaḵəwwo säbʔay məsay mədəḳḳas kəʔabyänni källo …
When the man I married refuses to sleep with me
reference TED: 1748, 2105
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ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Derivation
language Ulchi
lexeme 1 ав-
lexeme 2 аваjаман-
meaning 1 to sleep
direction
meaning 2 to have sexual relationship with a woman
reference
comment The second word, too, has the meaning of 'to ask in marriage'
ACCEPTED Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Vietnamese
lexeme nằm
meaning 1 to sleep, be asleep
direction
meaning 2 to have sexual intercourse (with)
reference SEAlang Vietnamese
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