to sit to inhabit, live 17 realizations
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Adyghe
lexeme дэсын
meaning 1 to sit

джэныкъом дэсын


to sit by the hearth

direction
meaning 2 to inhabit, live къуаджэм дэсын

to live in a village

reference Txarkaxo 1991: 70
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme wašābu
meaning 1 to sit (on a chair, object) in kussêm lā tuššabū
You (Pl.) must not sit on the chair!
direction
meaning 2 to stay, to live 10 ūmī ina GN uššab
I will stay at [toponym] for 10 days.
reference CAD: A 2, 386-87
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme täḳämmäṭä
meaning 1 to sit down yəḳḳämmäṭu
Sit down! (respect.)
direction
meaning 2 to dwell, inhabit əssu gondär täḳämmäṭä
He lived in Gondar.
reference AED: 706
comment The same polisemy in the Tigrinya täḳämmäṭä (TED 920).
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme κάθεμαι
meaning 1 to sit
meaning 2 to be, to dwell, to live
reference
comment
NEW Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Buriat
lexeme hууридаха
meaning 1 to sit
direction
meaning 2 to inhabit, live
reference Čeremisov 1973: 693
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Cham
lexeme tò̠ʔ
meaning 1 to sit
direction
meaning 2 to inhabit, live
reference Alieva, Bùi Khán Thế 1999: 134
comment
NEW Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme sjedjeti
meaning 1 to sit sjediti u klupi, sjediti za stolom
sit in the pew, sit at the table
direction
meaning 2 to inhabit, live
reference HJP
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Geez
lexeme nabara
meaning 1 to sit (down) = nabara diba manbar (1 Reg. 28:23)
He sat down on a chair.
direction
meaning 2 to live, to dwell ʔəlla tənabbəru ʔiyarušlem (Jes 4:3)
those who live in Jerusalem
reference CDG: 383 LLA: 650-51
comment
NEW Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Gulf Arabic
lexeme giʔad
meaning 1 to sit down, take a sit; to sit. be sitting

ya w-giʔad


He came and sit.

direction
meaning 2 to dwell, live

giʔadna fi dbayy sana w-baʔdeen ntigalna


We lived in Dubai for a year, and then moved

reference Qafisheh, Buckwalter, McCarus 1997: 524-525
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Karaim
lexeme 1 олтур-
lexeme 2 олтур
meaning 1 to sit (down)
meaning 2 to live, to dwell
reference
comment
NEW Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Malak-Malak
lexeme pak
meaning 1 to sit pedung keen pak
I go over here and sit down
direction
meaning 2 to inhabit, live dek kina pakma wuete enduwen
they live close by
reference Lindsay et al. 2017: 7
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Mongolian (Khalkha)
lexeme 1 суух
lexeme 2 su:-
meaning 1 to sit Бат сандал дээр сууж байна
Bat is sitting on the chair
direction
meaning 2 to live Улаанбаатарт 700 000 орчим хvн оршин суудаг.
The population of Ulaan Baator is about 700000 people.
reference BAMRS 2001-2002
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Sanskrit
lexeme adhyas
meaning 1 to sit (on)
direction
meaning 2 to populate
reference
comment आस् ās [aas] (Ā. pr. āste – II; fut. āsiṣyáte; pfph. āsāṁ cakré; aor. ā́siṣṭa) 1) сидеть; 2) жить, пребывать (Kočergina 1996)
NEW Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme седети (sedeti)
meaning 1 to sit седети на столици, седети за столом
sit on chair, sit at the table
direction
meaning 2 to inhabit, live Краљ Никола је седио на Цетињу
King Nikola lived in Cetina
reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1209
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 15
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme bshugs-pa
meaning 1 to sit
meaning 2 to dwell, to live
reference
comment Рерих VIII, 122.
NEW Realization 16
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme oturmak
meaning 1 to sit

oturun!


sit down!

direction
meaning 2 to inhabit, live

Yenişehir'de otururken


When we live in Yenishehir...

reference Baskakov 1977: 695
comment


ACCEPTED Realization 17
type Polysemy
language Yakut
lexeme олур-
meaning 1 to sit (down) хамсаабакка олор
to sit motionless
direction
meaning 2 to live, to dwell кинилэр куоракка олороллор
They live in the city
reference
comment ЯРС 270.