to draw, paint
—
to write
11 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | 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 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Itelmen | |
| lexeme | кэлэкэл | |
| meaning 1 | drawing | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | letter | |
| reference | PIRS: 117 | |
| comment | ||
| 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 | |
| comment | ||
| 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 | |
| comment | ||