to hold (in hands)
→
to contain
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Akkadian | |
| lexeme | kullu | |
| meaning 1 | to hold (physically) an object | zīqāte ukallū they hold torches |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to contain | šumma martum šišītam ukal ana bēl immerim murṣam ukal if the gall bladder has a membrane, it brings disease for the owner of the sheep |
| reference | CAD | |
| comment | CAD k 508-512. The meaning B is not about containers but rather of organs containing some signs of desease or substances containing admixture. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | yazä | |
| meaning 1 | to take, to hold, to grasp | ləğğun əğğun yazäččäw She took the child by the hand |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to hold | and kilolitər and ši litər yəyəzal There is a thousand litre in a kilolitre |
| reference | AED: 1695 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | hold | |
| meaning 1 | to take, to hold | You must hold the rope tightly You have to hlod the rope tight |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to hold | The pitcher holds two pints The pitcher holds two pints |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | capio, -ere | |
| meaning 1 | to take, to get | aliquid in manum capio to take smth in one's hand |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to hold | domus eos non capiet (Cicero) 'The house cannot host them' |
| reference | ||
| comment | Glare 269-271; Дворецкий 153-154. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme 1 | teneo, -ere | |
| lexeme 2 | contineo, -ere | |
| meaning 1 | to hold | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to contain | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | comprehendo, -ere | |
| meaning 1 | to grasp | aliquid manibus comprehendere to seize smth with one's hand |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to maintain, to have | triginta stadia comprehendere to hold thirty stadias |
| reference | ||
| comment | Дворецкий 219. cf. Also Tuebingen team: Fr. Prendre 'to take' - comprendre 'to contain, to hold' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lezgian | |
| lexeme | q’un | |
| meaning 1 | to hold | гъиле кьун to hold in one's hand |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to hold | и банкади пуд литр кьада This jar holds three litres. |
| reference | ||
| comment | (LezgRus 207) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | deržat' | |
| lexeme 2 | soderžat' | |
| meaning 1 | hold | Он держит в руках цветы He is holding flowers in his hand. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to contain | Глава содержит три раздела The chapter contains three sections |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Syriac | |
| lexeme | ʕrā, ʕrī | |
| meaning 1 | to seize, take, comprehend | ʕraw purqəsā(ʔ); pugdā d-killā ʕārē (h)wā They took (occupied) the tower; he holds the bridles of everything |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to include, contain | be-d-lā ʕārē (h)wā lhon mē(ʔ)mdā hānnā qpīsā Since this brief summary cannot include it for them |
| reference | SL: 1138 | |
| comment | ||
The meaning of Latin capio and comprehendo is rather 'to seize' than 'to hold'.