to make yarn
→
to tell
5 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Dutch | |
| lexeme | spinnen | |
| meaning 1 | to make yarn | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to tell stories, lie | |
| reference | HWNF | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | spin a yarn | |
| meaning 1 | to make yarn | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (idiomatic) to tell or create a story, especially one which is lengthy or far-fetched | Now I must tell you a little about myself;—or rather, I am inclined to spin a yarn, and tell you a great deal. (1864, Anthony Trollope, chapter 14, in Can You Forgive Her?) |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ingrian | |
| lexeme | kedrätä | |
| meaning 1 | to make yarn | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to tell untruths | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 160 |
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| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Japanese | |
| lexeme | tsumugu (紡ぐ) | |
| meaning 1 | to make yarn | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (figuratively) to spin a yarn (tell a story) | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | прести (presti) | |
| meaning 1 | to make yarn | прести вуну, прести кудељу to spin wool, to spin hemp |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to speak quietly or to hum | Деда преде причу о змајевима. Grandpa tells a story about dragons. |
| reference | РСЈ: 1025 | |
| comment | ||