to blow
—
to breathe
9 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
786 | to breathe | → | wind | Open |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Classical 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) | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Geez | |
Lexeme | nafsa | |
Meaning 1 | to blow (wind) [LGz. 389] | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | to breathe, to inhale [LGz. 389] | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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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] |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Karaim | |
Lexeme | ÿр- | |
Meaning 1 | to blow | йель ÿрять the wind is blowing |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | to breathe | |
Reference | ||
Comment | КРПС 590. |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Swahili | |
Lexeme | vuvia | |
Meaning 1 | to blow (up), to inflate | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | to breathe | vuvia pumzi to inhale |
Reference | ||
Comment | Polikanov |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Farsi | |
Lexeme | دمیدن damidan | |
Meaning 1 | to blow (up) | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | to breathe | |
Reference | Rubinčik 1970: 664 | |
Comment | ПРС 366. |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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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 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Modern Greek | |
Lexeme | pneō | |
Meaning 1 | to blow | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | to breathe | |
Reference | François 2008: 183 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Latin | |
Lexeme 1 | spiro, -are | |
Lexeme 2 | spiro, -are | |
Meaning 1 | to blow (of wind) | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | to breathe | |
Reference | François 2008: 196 | |
Comment |