to ride (e.g., a horse)
→
to copulate
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | rakābu | |
| Meaning 1 | to ride, to mount | imērī ul rakib Can he not ride asses? |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to mount (sexually), to mate | [šumma SAL D]AM-sà irkab If a woman mounts her husband |
| Reference | CAD | |
| Comment | CAD r 83. On the root *rkb and the meanings A and B in Semitic, see SED I, No. 60 (there is a third meaning, 'to join together'). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme | ride | |
| Meaning 1 | to ride (e.g., a horse) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to copulate | |
| Reference | DDO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Lexeme | ríða | |
| Meaning 1 | to ride on horseback | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to copulate, to have sexual intercourse | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Берков | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | cabalgar | |
| Meaning 1 | to ride on horseback | cabalgar en mula to ride a donkey |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to cover (female animal), to fecundate | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Narumov 1995: 140 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | särärä | |
| Meaning 1 | to climb, mount a horse, to ride (an equine) | färäs säriru nab bäräk̲a k̲edä He went to the desert on horseback |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to cover, mount the female (animals) | |
| Reference | TED: 671 | |
| Comment | ||