alive
→
active
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1640 | alive | → | quick | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | vif | |
| meaning 1 | alive | être brûlé vif to be burnt alive |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | active, quick | un élève vif an active pupil |
| reference | Larousse online | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Karelian | |
| lexeme | elävä | |
| meaning 1 | alive | elävät kalat live fish |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | active | lapset ollah aika elävät children are pretty agile |
| reference | Zajkov, Rugoeva 1999: 18 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme | am'd | |
| meaning 1 | alive | үхсэн буурын толгойноос амьд ат айв гэгч a living castrated camel is frightened even by the head of the dead uncastrated camel |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | quick, nimble | |
| reference | ||
| comment | БАМРС. The stem has been derived from the word амь 'life'. | |
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | viu | |
| meaning 1 | alive | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | with vigorous, prompt, natural reactions; full of vitality | |
| reference | DLRLC | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | živoj | |
| meaning 1 | alive | Эта рыбка еще живая. This fish is still alive. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | vivacious | Он очень живой ребенок. He is a very lively child. |
| reference | ||
| comment | Cf. also Pol. żуć 'live' - żwawy 'lively, quick' and Bel. жвавы Protoslav. *žьvavъjь < *žiti (Varbot 1997: 36). | |