alive
→
active
5 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
1640 | alive | — | quick | Open |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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). |