clean (adj.)
→
totally, absolutely
5 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Japanese | |
Lexeme | kirei (奇麗) | |
Meaning 1 | clean | 手をきれいに洗った。 Te o kirei ni aratta. I washed my hands clean. |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | fully, completely | 昨日のことはきれいに忘れている Kinō no koto wa kirei ni wasurete iru I've clean forgot what happened yesterday. |
Reference | BCCWJ | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme 1 | чистый (čistyj) | |
Lexeme 2 | начисто (načisto) | |
Meaning 1 | clean, pure | чистые руки clean hands |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | completely | начисто отрицать to deny smth outright |
Reference | BAS | |
Comment | Cf. also подчистую (completely). |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Yakut | |
Lexeme | кылбаччы | |
Meaning 1 | cleanly | кылбаччы сот- to wipe off until it shines |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | completely | кылбаччы мэлдьэс to deny strongly |
Reference | ||
Comment | ЯРС 206. The Yakut word has been derived from the root "to shine" and possibly means "shinigly" than "cleanly". |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Irish Gaelic | |
Lexeme | glan | |
Meaning 1 | clean (adj.) | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | totally, absolutely | Rinne sí dearmad glan orthu she did clean forgetting on them |
Reference | Ó Dónaill 1977 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | pure | |
Meaning 1 | clean (adj.) | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | absolutely | It is a pure nonsense! |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
Comment |
В основе перехода лежит метафора "чистый" - "чистое место" - "пустое место" - не остается ничего, кроме пустого места.