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 | 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 3 | ||
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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 4 | ||
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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 5 | ||
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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 6 | ||
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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 7 | ||
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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 |
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 | Swahili | |
lexeme | vuvia | |
meaning 1 | to blow (up), to inflate | |
direction | — | |
meaning 2 | to breathe | vuvia pumzi to inhale |
reference | ||
comment | Polikanov |