to turn, rotate (tr.)
→
to make yarn
4 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 (ID: 46885) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Basque | |
| lexeme | ardaztu | |
| meaning 1 | to spin, rotate | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to make yarn | |
| reference | Баскско-русский, русско-баскский словарь 1997: 13 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 (ID: 46866) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | spin | |
| meaning 1 | to rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 (ID: 46876) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | Romanian | |
| lexeme 1 | torqueo, torquere | |
| lexeme 2 | toarce | |
| meaning 1 | to spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to make yarn | |
| reference | Lewis, Short DER | |
| comment | from Vulgar Latin *torcĕre, from Latin torquēre |
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| NEW Realization 4 (ID: 46883) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | spinna | |
| meaning 1 | to turn around quickly | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to make yarn | |
| reference | SAOB | |
| comment | ||