Number of realizations
8
to dig
—
to investigate
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | cavar | |
| Meaning 1 | to dig (a hole); to trench | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to ponder | |
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| Comment | Narumov 1995: 182 | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tibetan | |
| Lexeme | abru-ba | |
| Meaning 1 | to dig | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to study, to research | |
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| Comment | Рерих VI, 333. | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | kopat' | |
| Lexeme 2 | kopat', dokopat'sja | |
| Meaning 1 | to dig | копать землю "to dig earth" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to investigate | докопаться до истины "to get down to bed-rock" |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | nabat̲a | |
| Meaning 1 | 'to dig with the hand, to dig out' | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | 'to investigate, scrutinize, examine' | nabat̲ū ʕan-i l-ʔamr-I 'they searched for the thing, searched into, inquired into investigated, scrutinized, or examined it' |
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| Comment | Lane 2754. The meaning B requires the preposition ʕan. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | fouiller | |
| Meaning 1 | to unearth | fouiller à Delphes un site archéologique "to unearth an archaeological site in Delphi" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to investigate | Il a fouillé le problème avant de faire son exposé. "He had investigated the problem before making the report." |
| Reference | Larousse online | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | grave | |
| Meaning 1 | to dig | grave hull "to dig holes" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to investigate | rote og grave i andres saker "to poke into other people’s business" |
| Reference | BO | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme | grave | |
| Meaning 1 | to dig | grave et hul "to dig a hole" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to investigate | |
| Reference | DDO | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme | gräva | |
| Meaning 1 | to dig | gräva en brunn "to dig a well" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to investigate | gräva i det förflutna "to investigate the past" |
| Reference | SAO | |
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