to be, exist
→
possible
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1247 | to become | → | can, to be able | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Bulgarian | |
| lexeme 1 | bivam | |
| lexeme 2 | biva | |
| meaning 1 | to be, to happen, to take place | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | possible, probable (only 3rd person sg) | не бива да се забравя should not be forhotten |
| reference | ||
| comment | The same in Serb.-Cr. | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme | biti | |
| meaning 1 | to be, exist | kod nas nije snijega there is no snow here |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | possible | bit će deset sati It's probably ten o'clock now |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | бити (biti) | |
| meaning 1 | to be, exist | Данас јесмо, сутра нисмо. Today we exist, tomorrow we will not. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | possible | Било (нам) је очекивати да ће пасти на испиту. We could have expected him to fail the exam. |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 89 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | olmak | |
| meaning 1 | to be, exist | bu hanım sizin neniz oluyor? who is this woman to you? |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | may, to be possible | 1) olur 3) olur şey değil 1) ok. possible 3) it's not a possible thing |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 688, 689 | |
| comment | ||