to dig
→
to investigate
13 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1221 | to dig | → | to find | Open |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme | kopati | |
| meaning 1 | to dig | kopati bunar dig a well |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to investigate | kopati po knjigama, kopati po čijoj prošlosti to investigate the books, investigate somebody's past |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme | grave | |
| meaning 1 | to dig | grave et hul to dig a hole |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to investigate | |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | копати (kopati) | |
| meaning 1 | to dig | копати гроб, копати јаму dig a grave, dig a hole |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to investigate | kopam po proslosti investigate the past |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 568 | |
| comment | Example for meaning 2 - CLARIN.SI | |
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | чепркати (čeprkati) | |
| meaning 1 | to dig | чепркати по башти, чепркати по дворишту to dig in the garden, to dig in the yard |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to investigate | чепркати по историји, чепркати по прошлости to investigate the history, to investigate the past |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1509-1510 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | čeprkati | |
| meaning 1 | to dig | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to investigate | čeprkati po čijoj prošlosti to investigate somebody's past |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | eşele- | |
| meaning 1 | to dig, grub, scratch | Eşelemek için, fazer kullanmamız gerekebilir. We might need to use phasers to excavate it. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to investigate | Etrafı eşelemek iyi değildir Digging around isn't good |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 280 | |
| comment | Also eş-, eşin- 'to dig soil (of animals); to analyze, investigate' | |