to die → to want 10 realizations
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 to die
direction →
meaning 2 to want he is dying for a drink
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NEW Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Gedaged
lexeme -mat
meaning 1 to die
direction →
meaning 2 to yearn, crave, desire, lust after
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 214
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NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Mbula
lexeme -mēte
meaning 1 to die
direction →
meaning 2 to desire strongly
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 213
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NEW Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Mengen (Poeng)
lexeme mate
meaning 1 to die
direction →
meaning 2 to desire, have feeling for
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 214
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NEW Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Numbami (Siboma)
lexeme -maⁿde
meaning 1 to die
direction →
meaning 2 to long for
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 214
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ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme умирать (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 8
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)
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comment The second meaning is colloquial Polikanov
NEW Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Takia
lexeme -mat
meaning 1 to die
direction →
meaning 2 to want, long for
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 214
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NEW Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Tuamotu
lexeme hiŋa
meaning 1 to die
direction →
meaning 2 to want, desire
reference IDS CLICS-3
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