Number of realizations
18
to press down
→
to oppress
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lezgian | |
| Lexeme | ezmišun | |
| Meaning 1 | to press, to wring, to squeeze | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to suppress, to conquer | |
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| Comment | (LezgRus 390) | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | θλίβω | |
| Meaning 1 | to press, to jam, to squeeze, to compress | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to depress, to torment | θλίβω τοῖς οἰκέταις "to oppress the household" |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| Lexeme 1 | šaha- | |
| Lexeme 2 | šahamduula- | |
| Meaning 1 | to press, to squeeze | нимбэг шахах "to squeeze a lemon" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to oppress | ажилчын ардыг энэ мэтээр хавчин шахамдуулж буй "In this way workers are oppressed" |
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| Comment | БАМРС | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | davit' | |
| Lexeme 2 | podavljat' | |
| Meaning 1 | to press, to squeeze | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to make feel inferior | Он меня подавляет своей эрудицией. "His knowledge makes me feel inferior." |
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| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tibetan | |
| Lexeme | rdzi-ba | |
| Meaning 1 | to press, to squeeze | |
| Meaning 2 | to oppress | |
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| Comment | Рерих VIII, 38. | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme 1 | press | |
| Lexeme 2 | oppress | |
| Meaning 1 | to press | to press two surfaces together; he pressed my hand |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to oppress | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | č̣äḳḳʷänä | |
| Meaning 1 | to press, to squeeze (juice) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to oppress | yädäbub afrika mängəst ṭəḳuroččən yəč̣äḳʷənal "'The South African government oppresses Blacks' (Leslau 1973:870)" |
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| Comment | K 2220 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | seʔû | |
| Meaning 1 | to press down (on something) | [šumma ...] marti teseʔima mê marti la ūṣû "‘if you (diviner) press down on the ... of the gall bladder and gall does not come out’" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to put down (by military force), to oppress | nakru dannu māta iseʔi "‘a strong enemy will oppress the land’" |
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| Comment | CAD S 229 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Yakut | |
| Lexeme | баттаа- | |
| Meaning 1 | to press, to wring, to squeeze | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to oppress, to offend | ођону баттаама "do not treat ill the child" |
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| Comment | ЯРС 67. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | gnet | |
| Meaning 1 | to press down | держать капусту под гнетом "to put the cabbage under the press" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | press | гнет эксплуататоров "oppression of exploiters" |
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| Realization | ||
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tibetan | |
| Lexeme | gnon-sa | |
| Meaning 1 | to press, to wring, to tighten | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to oppress, to suppress, to tame | |
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| Comment | Рерих V, 102. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Erzya | |
| Lexeme | лепштямс | |
| Meaning 1 | to press, to tighten | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to depress | |
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| Comment | ЭрзРС 338 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | πιέζω | |
| Meaning 1 | to press, to tighten | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to oppress | |
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| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme 1 | trykke | |
| Lexeme 2 | undertrykke | |
| Meaning 1 | to press down | trykke på de riktige knappene "to press the right buttons" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to oppress | diktatoren undertrykte folket "the dictator oppressed the people" |
| Reference | BO | |
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| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme 1 | trykke | |
| Lexeme 2 | undertrykke | |
| Meaning 1 | to press down | trykke på knappen "to press the button" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to oppress | |
| Reference | DDO | |
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| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme 1 | trycka | |
| Lexeme 2 | undertrycka | |
| Meaning 1 | to press down | trycka på knappen "to press the button" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to oppress | ett undertryckt folk "an oppressed people" |
| Reference | SAO | |
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| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme 1 | nyom | |
| Lexeme 2 | elnyom | |
| Meaning 1 | to press down | a csengőt nyomni "to press the doorbell" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to oppress | |
| Reference | Гальди 1974 page 173 572 | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Udmurt | |
| Lexeme | пачкатыны | |
| Meaning 1 | to press down | пыд улэ пачкатыны "придавить ногой" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to oppress | |
| Reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
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