The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2
239		to make scratches	→	to write	Open

NEW Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Chukchee
lexeme		кэлик
meaning 1	to draw, paint
direction	—
meaning 2	to write
reference		Moll, Inènlikèj 1957: 60
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NEW Realization 2
type		Polysemy
language		Itelmen
lexeme		кэлэкэл
meaning 1	drawing
direction	—
meaning 2	letter
reference		PIRS: 117
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type		Polysemy
language		Jarawara
lexeme		rawi na
meaning 1	to write	Yama hani rawi one oke. I'm writing
direction	—
meaning 2	to paint	Ora ya me rawi, yaki yama tati atori, atawa weye kana, iso kanamo kana, mano They painted him with genip, too. He also wore a headdress of toucan feathers. He also put feathered bands on his legs and on his arms.
reference
comment		JED 145.

ACCEPTED Realization 4
type		Polysemy
language		Lezgian
lexeme		kxin
meaning 1	to draw
direction	—
meaning 2	to write (principal meaning)
reference
comment		(LezgRus 171-172)

NEW Realization 5
type		Polysemy
language		Malak-Malak
lexeme		mitjitji
meaning 1	to paint
direction	—
meaning 2	to write
reference		Lindsay et al. 2017: 98
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ACCEPTED Realization 6
type		Polysemy
language		Nganasan
lexeme		хоʒəтəса
meaning 1	to decorate, to ornament
direction	—
meaning 2	to write
reference
comment		НМС 3180

ACCEPTED Realization 7
type		Polysemy
language		Russian
lexeme		писать (pisat')
meaning 1	to draw	a. Писать картину 'to paint an oil painting'. b. Писать акварелью 'to draw a watercolour'. c. Писать маслом 'to paint with oil'.
direction	—
meaning 2	to write (principal meaning)	a. Учиться читать и писать. 'To learn to read and to write.' b. Писать буквы. 'Write letters.' c. Писать пером, карандашом. 'To write with a pen, pencil.'
reference
comment		Cf. живописец 'artist', писаный (красавец) 'beautiful like a painting' etc. with the root пис-.

ACCEPTED Realization 8
type		Polysemy
language		Swahili
lexeme		andika
meaning 1	to draw	andika picha to make a painting; to draw
direction	—
meaning 2	to write, to take notes	andika barua to write a letter
reference
comment		Polikanov

ACCEPTED Realization 9
type		Polysemy
language		Swahili
lexeme		rasimu
meaning 1	to draw, to depict
direction	—
meaning 2	to write
reference
comment		Polikanov

ACCEPTED Realization 10
type		Polysemy
language		Tabassaran
lexeme		kap’ub // kaub
meaning 1	to draw	шикил капIуб to paint a picture
direction	—
meaning 2	to write, to draw (primary meaning)
reference
comment		(TabRus 189). ###Не вполне понятно, употр. ли слово в смысле "писать письмо", примеры не подходят.

NEW Realization 11
type		Polysemy
language		Tofa
lexeme		шый-
meaning 1	to draw, to draw a line, to paint	самолёт hебiн шыйдым I drew a plane
direction	—
meaning 2	to write	мен письмоо шыйдым I wrote a letter
reference		Rassadin 2016: 550
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