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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