Number of realizations
8
to dig
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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. |
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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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