to touch → to offend (tr.) 5 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Hungarian
lexeme érint
meaning 1 to touch csak érintette a labdát
he only touched the ball
direction →
meaning 2 to offend (tr.) kínosan érintett az ügy
the affair gave (me) an unpleasant impression
reference MEK 1978: 329
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Lezgian
lexeme χk’un
meaning 1 to touch (smn or smth) инсандин кIвач хкIун тавур чкаяр ама
There are still places where no foot may tread
meaning 2 to be offended, insulted (fig.) адак закай хкIуна
He has a grouch against me
reference
comment (LezgRus 348)
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme zadet'
meaning 1 to touch, to brush against Он задел меня локтем.
He touched me with his elbow.
meaning 2 to wound Его задели обидные замечания собеседника.
Offensive remarks of the interlocutor caught him on the raw.
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme läḵäfä
meaning 1 'to touch with the fingertip, to rub lightly, to barely elbow s.o.''
direction →
meaning 2 'to attack s.o. verbally, call him names'
reference
comment KT 117. The source meaning is that of "to taste"
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Tundra Yukaghir
lexeme антэс-
meaning 1 to touch
direction →
meaning 2 to offend (tr.)
reference Kurilov 2001: 47
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