to emit smoke → to smoke (tobacco) 17 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Derivation
language Amharic
lexeme 1 č̣äsä
lexeme 2 ač̣äsä
meaning 1 'to fume, smolder (fire)' mədəğğa wəsṭ and nägär yəč̣ässal
'something is fuming in the fireplace' (Leslau 1973:497)
meaning 2 'to smoke (a pipe or cigarette' pipa ač̣ässallähu
'I smoke a pipe' (Leslau 1973:1196)
reference
comment K 2219
NEW Realization 2
type Borrowing
language 1 Arabic
language 2 Serbian
lexeme 1 duhān
lexeme 2 дуван (duvan)
meaning 1 to smoke
direction →
meaning 2 to smoke (tobacco)
Ama zašto ne pušiš duvan? 

But why don't you smoke tobacco?
reference
comment

Borrowed via Turkish
NEW Realization 3
type Derivation
language Croatian
lexeme 1 pušiti se
lexeme 2 pušiti
meaning 1 to emit smoke
direction →
meaning 2 to smoke (tobacco)

pušiti cigare, pušiti lulu


to smoke cigars, to smoke a pipe
reference HJP
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Czech
lexeme kouřit
meaning 1 to emit smoke
direction —
meaning 2 to smoke
reference Pavlovič 1976: 191
comment The Rus. курить has only meaning B. But there are derivatives preserving meaning A: куриться, воскуривать.
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Danish
lexeme ryge
meaning 1 to emit smoke rygende skorsten
a fireplace emitting smoke
direction →
meaning 2 to smoke ryge cigaretter
to smoke cigarettes
reference DDO
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme smoke
meaning 1 to smoke
direction →
meaning 2 to smoke
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme fumer
meaning 1 to smoke, to reek une cheminée d'usine qui fume
a factory chimney that emits smoke
direction —
meaning 2 to smoke fumer la pipe
to smoke a pipe
reference Larousse online
comment The same Ital. fumare, Span. Fumar
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language German
lexeme rauchen
meaning 1 to smoke, to reek die Lampe raucht
the lamp is smoking
meaning 2 to smoke
reference
comment Also: Dutch rooken, Swed. röka, Dan. Ryge.
NEW Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Hill Mari
lexeme шӹкштӓш
meaning 1 to emit smoke
direction →
meaning 2 to smoke (tobacco)
reference Savatkova 2008
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Icelandic
lexeme svæla
meaning 1 to make suffocate with smoke, to besmoke svæla tófu úr greni
to smoke a fox out of its hole
direction →
meaning 2 to smoke (colloq.)
reference
comment Берков
ACCEPTED Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Karaim
lexeme тютюнь
meaning 1 smoke, vapour
direction —
meaning 2 tobacco, cigarettes
reference
comment КРПС 571., the same in Turkish. The Rum. tutun, Ucr. тютюн 'tobacco' are from Turk.
ACCEPTED Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Komi
lexeme тшынасьны
meaning 1 to smoke некымынлаын тшынасисны бипуръяс
in several places
meaning 2 to smoke аюлов тшынасисны ён табакöн
Men were smoking strong tobacco
reference
comment КомиРС 667
ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Modern Greek
lexeme καπνίζω
meaning 1 to smoke
direction →
meaning 2 to smoke
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comment
ACCEPTED Realization 14
type Derivation
language Nganasan
lexeme 1 кинтəʒысы
lexeme 2 кинтəлəбтыʔкуйси
meaning 1 to smoke
direction —
meaning 2 to smoke
reference Kosterkina, Momde, Ždanova 2001: 64
comment noun кинтə 'smoke'.
ACCEPTED Realization 15
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme dymit'
meaning 1 to smoke
meaning 2 to smoke Вася стоял на крыльце и дымил.
Vasia was standing on the steps and smoking.
reference
comment
NEW Realization 16
type Derivation
language Serbian
lexeme 1 пушити се (pušiti se)
lexeme 2 пушити (pušiti)
meaning 1 to emit smoke

Врх Везува непрестано се пуши.


Mount Vesuvius is constantly smoking.
direction →
meaning 2 to smoke (tobacco)

пушити цигарету, пушити на лулу 


to smoke a cigarette, to smoke a pipe 
reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1099
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 17
type Derivation
language Welsh
lexeme 1 myg
lexeme 2 mygglys
meaning 1 smoke
direction →
meaning 2 tobacco
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