to cover
→
to copulate
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | to cover | |
Meaning 1 | to cover | Grandmother always covered the table with a lace cloth. Grandmother always covered the table with a lace cloth. |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | to cover (mare) | a horse covers a mare The stallion covers the mare |
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Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Yakut | |
Lexeme | сап- | |
Meaning 1 | to cover | саба бүрүн- to cover onself up to the hilt |
Meaning 2 | to cover (cow, female sheep or goat) | |
Reference | ||
Comment | ЯРС 315-316. |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | pokryvat' | |
Meaning 1 | to cover | покрыть голову платком to cover one's head with a headscarf |
Meaning 2 | to copulate (animals) | покрыть кобылу to cover a mare |
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