The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

to strike, hit → to speak 2 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia

NEW Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Russian
lexeme		вякнуть (vjaknut')
meaning 1	to hit, to strike	Топором вякну, сьтеколышко отлетит. I will strike it with the axe, a pice of glass will come off
direction	—
meaning 2	to say, to articulate smth, to express one's opinion	Не смийешь вякнуть. you do not dare to say anything
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NEW Realization 2
type		Polysemy
language		Yakut
lexeme 1		хобурҕаа-
lexeme 2		хобурҕаа
meaning 1	to clap	ытыстарын хобурҕатар He is clapping his hands
direction	→
meaning 2	marsh	хобурҕаабакка олор sit quietly and do not talk (with your tongue)
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