to turn, rotate (intr.)
→
to address (someone)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
-
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 | ||