to feel pain, ache, hurt
→
very, of high degree
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | sore | |
| meaning 1 | causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | very, of high degree | we were sore afraid for our lives (King James Bible) |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme | ʂʌŋ51 | |
| meaning 1 | (Wanrong dialect) hurt | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (Wanrong dialect) very | |
| reference | Heine, Kuteva et al. 2019: 69 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | больно (bol'no) | |
| meaning 1 | hurts | он больно ушибся he got hurt badly |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | hurts | это больно дорого! It is too expensive! |
| reference | <personally collected data>: 44-45 | |
| comment | ||