to die
→
to want
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 231 | to die | → | very, of high degree | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | umirat' | |
| meaning 1 | to die | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to die | умираю спать хочу I am dying for a nap |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |