The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2
269		to dig	→	to investigate	Open

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ACCEPTED Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Croatian
lexeme		iskopati
meaning 1	to dig up
direction	→
meaning 2	to find	iskopati činjenice to find the facts
reference		HJP
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type		Polysemy
language		English
lexeme		dig up
meaning 1	to remove something from under the earth using a spade	I'll dig up that plant and move it. I'll dig up that plant and move it.
meaning 2	to find hidden or forgotten information by careful searching	They tried to dig up something from his past to spoil his chances of being elected.
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comment		dig sth out phrasal verb [transitive]

ACCEPTED Realization 3
type		Polysemy
language		Hungarian
lexeme		kiás
meaning 1	to dig up	Kiássa az elrejtett pénzt. Dig up the hidden money.
direction	→
meaning 2	to find	Kiás valamit a zsebéből. (S)he digs something out of his/her pocket.
reference		MEK 1978
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ACCEPTED Realization 4
type		Polysemy
language		Macedonian
lexeme		ископа
meaning 1	to dig, to dig up
direction	→
meaning 2	to find	Како успеал да ги ископа тие докази? How did he manage to find that evidence?
reference		ODRMJ
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ACCEPTED Realization 5
type		Polysemy
language		Russian
lexeme		откопать (otkopat')
meaning 1	to unearth
direction	→
meaning 2	to find	Где ты это откопал? Where did you dig that out?
reference
comment		The same for the Rus. Рыть 'dig'

ACCEPTED Realization 6
type		Polysemy
language		Serbian
lexeme		ископати (iskopati)
meaning 1	to dig up	ископати бунар, ископати рупу у земљи to dig a well, to dig a hole in the ground
direction	→
meaning 2	to find	ископати однекуд један виски to find a whiskey somewhere
reference		Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 481
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