to turn, rotate (intr.)
→
to address (someone)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | sich wenden | |
| lexeme 2 | sich wenden (an Akk) | |
| meaning 1 | to turn around | sich plötzlich wenden 'to turn around suddenly' |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to address (somebody); to apply to | sich an einen Rechtsanwalt wenden 'to apply to a lawyer'; sich an den Vorsitzenden wenden 'to address the chair' |
| reference | ||
| comment | The verb has an additional complement iin the meaning B. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme | rivolgersi | |
| meaning 1 | to turn | rivolgersi nella direzione opposta to turn to 180 degrees, to turn to the opposite side |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to address smn, | A chi rivolgersi? Who shall I address? |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | обращаться (obraščat'sja) | |
| meaning 1 | to spin, to rotate | Земля обращается вокруг Солнца The Earth rotates around the Sun. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to address (someone) | разрешите обратиться! 'let me address you' |
| reference | BAS: 8, 383 | |
| comment | ||