to ache
→
it's a pity
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme 1 | bälla | |
| Lexeme 2 | yəblaññ | |
| Meaning 1 | to itch | ḳʷəslu bällaw 'his wound is itching' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | lit. 'it itches me' -'expression of sadn | yəblaññ lantä 'I am sorry for you' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (K 857). The original meaning of the verb is 'to eat'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Czech | |
| Lexeme | bolet | |
| Meaning 1 | to hurt, to ache | bolí mĕ v krku my throat is aching |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to be unpleasant (to smn) | bolí mĕ, že … it is a shame [unpleasant], that ... |
| Reference | Pavlovič 1976: 35 | |
| Comment | In other Slavic languages only 'ache (what, to whom)'. Cf. The Rus. мне больно смотреть на то, как завод приходит в упадок (It is painful for me to see how the factory is falling into decay). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme | fáj | |
| Meaning 1 | to ache | fáj a feje (s)he has a headache |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | it's a pity (expression of sadness) | Nekem is fáj, hogy már búcsúzni kell. It's a pity for me that it is already time to say goodbye. |
| Reference | MEK 1978 | |
| Comment | ||