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 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | grease | |
| meaning 1 | to lubricate, to oil | |
| meaning 2 | to bribe | to grease the palm (hand), to grease the wheels |
| reference | ||
| comment | Cf. also Ital.ungere 'to oil', meaning "to bribe" in set phrases ungere la ruote / la carrucola 'to bribe (lit. to oil wheels / block)' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | lubricate | |
| meaning 1 | to lubricate | to lubricate the cylinder to lubricate the cylinder |
| meaning 2 | to bribe | |
| reference | ||
| 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| comment | The expression 'graisser le marteau' is obsolete.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' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Gagauz | |
| lexeme | yaala- | |
| meaning 1 | to spread, to lubricate | |
| meaning 2 | to bribe (smn) | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ГРМС 206. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | schmieren | |
| meaning 1 | to smear | Butter auf Brot schmieren to spread bread with butter |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to bribe | er hat ihn geschmiert he bribed him |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| 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 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Japanese | |
| lexeme | абурагусури | |
| meaning 1 | unction, ointment | |
| meaning 2 | bribe | |
| reference | ||
| comment | There is a derivative verb meaning "to anoint, to put ointment" | |
| 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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| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kumyk | |
| lexeme | майла- | |
| meaning 1 | to oil | |
| meaning 2 | to bribe | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Moksha | |
| lexeme | вадемс | |
| meaning 1 | to spread | |
| meaning 2 | to bribe | |
| reference | ||
| comment | In set phrases вадемс кядь 'to bribe' (lit. 'to grease a palm') and вадемс нярь 'the same' (lit. 'to grease a face') | |
| 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 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | podmazat' | |
| meaning 1 | to oil, to lubricate | |
| meaning 2 | to bribe (substand.) | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | untar | |
| meaning 1 | to oil, to smear | untar con aceite to butter |
| meaning 2 | to bribe | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Also in the phrase untar la mano 'to bribe' (lit. 'to grease a palm') Narumov 1995, 773 | |
| 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 | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tagalog | |
| lexeme | padulás | |
| meaning 1 | oiling, lubrication | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | bribe | |
| reference | ||
| comment | From dulás 'smoothness; gliding' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | läḳ̃läḳ̃ä | |
| meaning 1 | 'to paint, daub, smear, coat walls with mud' | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | 'to bribe, give bribes' | |
| reference | ||
| comment | KT 87 | |