Number of realizations
9
to blow
—
to breathe
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Arabic | |
| Lexeme 1 | rāḥa | |
| Lexeme 2 | ʔarāḥa | |
| Meaning 1 | to blow (wind) (BK I 945f.), | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to breathe (BK I 946; Lane 1179; TA II 153) | |
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| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | nafsa | |
| Meaning 1 | to blow (wind) [LGz. 389] | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to breathe, to inhale [LGz. 389] | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | breathe | |
| Meaning 1 | breathe | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to breathe, to inhale, to breathe out [NBARS 275] | to breathe freely "'свободно дышать' [НБАРС 275]" |
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| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Karaim | |
| Lexeme | ÿр- | |
| Meaning 1 | to blow | йель ÿрять "the wind is blowing" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to breathe | |
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| Comment | КРПС 590. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | vuvia | |
| Meaning 1 | to blow (up), to inflate | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to breathe | vuvia pumzi "to inhale" |
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| Comment | Polikanov | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Farsi | |
| Lexeme | دمیدن damidan | |
| Meaning 1 | to blow (up) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to breathe | |
| Reference | Rubinčik 1970 page 664 | |
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| Comment | ПРС 366. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | souffler | |
| Meaning 1 | to blow | souffler sur une table pour en ôter la poussière "to blow onto the table in order to blow off the dust" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to breathe heavily | |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
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| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Modern Greek | |
| Lexeme | pneō | |
| Meaning 1 | to blow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to breathe | |
| Reference | François 2008 page 183 | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | spiro | |
| Meaning 1 | to blow (of wind) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to breathe | |
| Reference | François 2008 page 196 | |
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