taut, tensioned
→
difficult
3 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Internal cognates | |
| language | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| lexeme | tenso | |
| meaning 1 | taut, tensioned | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (slang) difficult; complicated | Eu acho tensa essa matéria na escola. I find this subject at school to be complicated. |
| reference | DPLP English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Burmese | |
| lexeme | hkak (ခက်) | |
| meaning 1 | taut | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | difficult | |
| reference | SEAlang Burmrse | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Finnish | |
| lexeme | tiukka | |
| meaning 1 | taut, tensioned | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (figuratively) hard, difficult, challenging | |
| reference | Kielitoimiston sanakirja | |
| comment | ||