#1107
to smear, anoint
→
to bribe
20 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1114 | to put into | → | to bribe | Open |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Abaza | |
| lexeme | шIщра | |
| meaning 1 | to smear, anoint | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to bribe | |
| reference | Tugov 1967: 448 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme | smøre | |
| meaning 1 | to smear, anoint | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to bribe | |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | graisser | |
| meaning 1 | lubricate | graisser une machine to oil a car |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to bribe | graisser le marteau to bribe the doorkeeper |
| reference | CNRTL | |
| comment | The expression 'graisser le marteau' is obsolete. Cf. also the expression 'graisser la patte à qqn' (to bribe someone, lit. to smear one's pad' | |
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hill Mari | |
| lexeme | шӹрӓлӓш | |
| meaning 1 | to smear, anoint | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to bribe | |
| reference | Savatkova 2008 | |
| comment | Also шӹрӓш in both meanings | |
| NEW Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Komi-Permyak | |
| lexeme | мавтас | |
| meaning 1 | smearing, greasing, oiling, lubrication | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | bribe | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | https://dict.fu-lab.ru/term?tid=1308208 |
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| NEW Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Nogai | |
| lexeme | майлав | |
| meaning 1 | to smear, anoint | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to bribe | |
| reference | Baskakov 1963: 210 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Norwegian | |
| lexeme | smøre | |
| meaning 1 | to smear, anoint | smøre salve på såret to smear ointment over the wound |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to bribe | dørvakten måtte smøres litt før vi slapp inn we had to bribe the guard before we came in |
| reference | BO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | a unge | |
| meaning 1 | to oil | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to bribe | |
| reference | DEX98 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | smörja | |
| meaning 1 | to smear, anoint | hon smorde (in) händerna med hudkräm she smeared her hands with skin cream |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to bribe | de herrarna måste man smörja för att få dem dit man vill one has to bribe the masters in order to get what one wants from them |
| reference | SAO | |
| comment | ||