Number of realizations
24
road
→
manner, way
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | put' | |
Meaning 1 | road, beaten track, walking path | a. Проложить путь 'to break a path'. b Мощеные пути 'paved ways'. |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | means, manner of achieving smth, direction | Он достиг этого путем ходатайства, поклонов, подкупа. "He got it by means of solicitations, bows, bribes." |
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Comment | (Dal') |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | path | |
Meaning 1 | road | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | manner, way | It is very seldom for two successive kings to tread in the same path. "It is very seldom for two successive kings to tread in the same path." |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Farsi | |
Lexeme | سبیل sabil | |
Meaning 1 | road, way | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | means | |
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Comment | ПРС 439.Borrowing from Arabic |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Burmese | |
Lexeme | чàун | |
Meaning 1 | road, way | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | method | |
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Comment | Novikov et al. 1976, 71 |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Swahili | |
Lexeme | tariki | |
Meaning 1 | way, road | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | means | |
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Comment | Polikanov; borrowing from Arabic. |
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Classical Arabic | |
Lexeme 1 | ṭarīḳ- | |
Lexeme 2 | ṭarīḳat- | |
Meaning 1 | a road, way, path | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | a way, mode, manner | |
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Comment | (Lane 1848-1849). |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Swahili | |
Lexeme | njia | |
Meaning 1 | way, road, street | njia уа reli "railway" |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | method | 1 njia уа ugunduzi kwa lijulikanalo "1 deductive method 2 to do smn's best , use all available means (to achieve the goal)" |
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Comment | Polikanov |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Amharic | |
Lexeme | mängäd | |
Meaning 1 | road, route | mängäd ʔaṭa, mängäd ṭäffabbät 'to lose one's way, go astray |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | means, fashion, manner, method, way of doing s.th. | bäzih mängäd 'in this way, manner, fashion' |
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Comment | (K 282). |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | way | |
Meaning 1 | road | The way was rough "The way was rough" |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | manner, method | There are different ways of doing a thing |
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Related Languages | The same polysemy in German Weg 'way, road; manner, method, means'. | |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Farsi | |
Lexeme | راه rāh | |
Meaning 1 | road, way | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | means | از چه راه؟ "In what way?" |
Reference | Rubinčik 1970 page 710 | |
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Comment | ПРС 388. |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Thai | |
Lexeme | thāng | |
Meaning 1 | way, road | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | means | |
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Comment | also hón-thāng |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Spanish | |
Lexeme | camino | |
Meaning 1 | road, way | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | means (to achieve smth) | camino directo "the right way (to achieve smth)" |
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Comment | Narumov 1995: 157 |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
Lexeme | dào | |
Meaning 1 | way, road | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | method | |
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Comment | БКРС 11099 |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Italian | |
Lexeme | strada | |
Meaning 1 | road, way | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | way, means, method | non sapere che strada prendere; trovare la strada giusta "not to know what to do; to be at a loss; to find the right way/the right means" |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Modern Written Arabic | |
Lexeme | sabīl- | |
Meaning 1 | way, road, path | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | access, means, expedient, possibility | |
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Comment | (Wehr 461). |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Chaha | |
Lexeme | ema | |
Meaning 1 | way, road | wər ema 'main road' |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | manner | nəbrät yafʷäžəžpʷä ema yəšä ‘he looks for a way to improve the livelihood’ |
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Comment | (LGur. I 9). |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Lezgian | |
Lexeme | req | |
Meaning 1 | road | ракьун рехъ "railway (= iron road)" |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | means | и рекьелди "in this way" |
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Comment | (LezgRus 277-278) |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
Lexeme | jìng | |
Meaning 1 | path | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | way, access, method | |
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Comment | БКРС 11051 |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Latin | |
Lexeme | via | |
Meaning 1 | road, way | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | means | via belli; eadem via "the way of making war; in the same way" |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | road | |
Meaning 1 | road, way | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | means | There is only one road to peace and that is to stop the war. "There is only one road to peace and that is to stop the war." |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Sanskrit | |
Lexeme | gáti | |
Meaning 1 | way, road | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | means | |
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Comment | Кочергина 188 |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Norwegian | |
Lexeme | vei | |
Meaning 1 | road | asfaltert vei "paved road" |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | manner, style | klesvei "clothing style" |
Reference | BO | |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Hungarian | |
Lexeme | út | |
Meaning 1 | road | erdei út "road in the woods" |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | manner, way | kerülő úton megtudni "to find something out in in a roundabout way" |
Reference | Гальди 1974 page 759 | |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Udmurt | |
Lexeme | сюрес | |
Meaning 1 | road, path | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | manner, way | |
Reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
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