to turn, rotate (intr.) → to feel dizzy 7 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme ʔazorä
meaning 1 to turn, to rotate [K 1665]
direction →
meaning 2 to make feel dizzy
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Erzya
lexeme велямс
meaning 1 to spin
direction →
meaning 2 to feel dizzy велясь прясь, нургась вачо пекесь
he felt dizzy and had a growling stomach
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comment Also веляськадома 'giddiness' ЭрзРС 123-124
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Geez
lexeme ʔankolala
meaning 1 to spin, to roll [LGz. 283] hamar ʔənta tnkoləl mʔkala ʕawlo [LLA 860]
the boat that flips in a storm
direction →
meaning 2 to feel dizzy bədw kəbud za-ynkoləlo la-dəmh kama səte kərdd za-wəsta ʔəda mayysi (LLA 860)
leaden sleep that makes you dizzy like a herbal drink in the brewer's hand
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comment In Ge'ez it can be presumably both transitive and intransitive.
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Hindi
lexeme ghūm
meaning 1 to spin
direction →
meaning 2 to feel dizzy
reference Reznikova et al. 2012: 442
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ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Latin
lexeme vertigo
meaning 1 spinning, going round
direction →
meaning 2 dizziness
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comment From the verb 'verto'
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Sanskrit
lexeme bhramá
meaning 1 spinning, going round
direction →
meaning 2 dizziness
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comment Кочергина 487
NEW Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme вртети се (vrteti se)
meaning 1 to turn, rotate (intr.) вртети се око осе
rotate around an axis
direction →
meaning 2 to feel dizzy Од овога пића ми се врти у глави.
This drink makes me dizzy.
reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 174-175
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