Number of realizations
4
to raise, lift (tr.)
→
to praise
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Amharic | |
Lexeme | anässa | |
Meaning 1 | to raise, lift up | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to praise | ṭəlo anässa 'to belittle, than flatter' (lit. 'to raise after having dropped'); |
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Comment | (K 1020-21). The meaning B is attested only occasionally. Note that anässa also means 'to mention' (both positive and negative). |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Japanese | |
Lexeme | ageru (上げる) | |
Meaning 1 | to lift | 手を上げる "to raise one's hand" |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to praise | 上げたり下げたり "now praise and then abuse" |
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Comment | БЯРС 5. |
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme 1 | voznosit' | |
Lexeme 2 | prevoznosit' | |
Meaning 1 | to raise, to lift up | Победа француженок вознесла их на вершину рейтинга "Thanks to the victory the French women rose to the top of the rating" |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to praise too much | превозносить начальство "to praise the front office" |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
Lexeme | örgö- | |
Meaning 1 | to lift | гараа өргөх "to raise one's hand" |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to praise, to speak highly of | тэнгэрт тултал өргөх "to exalt" |
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