to drop (of liquid)
→
to die
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | drop | |
| meaning 1 | to drip | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to die | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | капати (kapati) | |
| meaning 1 | to drop (of liquid) | капао из флашице dropped from the bottle |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to languish, to suffer, to die | капати у затвору languish in jail |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 522 | |
| comment | ||
Возможно, промежуточный этап - падать.