to know
→
to copulate
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Akkadian | |
| lexeme | lamādu | |
| meaning 1 | to know | lilmad šarrī bēlīya anāku ištēn ibaššāti Let the king, my lord, know: I am alone! |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to have sexual relationship with smb | mārušu ilmassi His son had a sexual intercourse with her. |
| reference | CAD: L 53 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Hebrew | |
| lexeme | ydʕ | |
| meaning 1 | to know, to learn | wə-ʔädʕā kī-mənāyt ha-ləwiyyim lō(ʔ) nittānā (Neh 13:10) And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to have sexual relationship with smn | wə-hā-ʔādām yādaʕ ʔät-ḥawwāʔ ʔišto wa-ttahar wa-ttēläd ʔät-ḳayin (Gen 4:1) And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived, and bore Cain. |
| reference | HALOT: 373-374 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme | ʔaʔmara | |
| meaning 1 | to know | ʔaʔammər rəʔəsəya kama maret wa-ḥamad ʔana (Job 42:6) Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to have sexual relations | wa-ʔi-yāʔmarā ʔəska waladat walda (Matth. 1:25) But he (Joseph) had no union with her (Mary), until she gave birth to a son. |
| reference | LLA: 729 CDG: 25 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Old East Slavic | |
| lexeme | познати | |
| meaning 1 | to know | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to copulate | Едину токмо жену познати закономъ |
| reference | Sreznevskij: 1087 | |
| comment | ||
Эвфемизм. Калькирован во многие европейские языки.