to die
→
to want
4 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
231 | to die | → | very | Open |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Amharic | |
Lexeme | mʷač | |
Meaning 1 | one who is dying, moribund, mortal | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | one who is crazy about something (with the preposition lä) | yämähal agär wändoč läset mʷač səlähonu bäḳällalu yəmmoññallu 'since Amhara men are crazy about women, they are easily fooled' |
Reference | ||
Comment | (K 307). |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | die | |
Meaning 1 | ||
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | he is dying for a drink He is dying for alcohol |
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Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | umirat' | |
Meaning 1 | to die | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to die | умираю спать хочу I am dying for a nap |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Swahili | |
Lexeme | fa | |
Meaning 1 | to die | fa baridi; fa maji; fa njaa; fa uzazi to freeze; to drown; to die with starvation, to die at childbirth |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to desire (smth, smn) | |
Reference | ||
Comment | The second meaning is colloquial Polikanov |