to be glad, happy
—
to believe in
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
NEW Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Nanai | |
Lexeme | агда- | |
Meaning 1 | to believe, to trust | нёани хэсэвэни хэм най агдахани Everybody believed his words |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | to be glad, to be happy | энимби ичэгупи агдахамби I was happy when I saw my mother |
Reference | ||
Comment | Оненко 26-27. |
Engl. believe: Middle English bileven, from Old English belyfan "to have faith or confidence" (in a person) <...>, from Proto-Germanic *ga-laubjan "to believe," perhaps literally "hold dear (or valuable, or satisfactory), to love" (source also of Old Saxon gilobian "believe," Dutch geloven, Old High German gilouben, German glauben), ultimately a compound based on PIE root *leubh- "to care, desire, love". (https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=believe&ref=searchbar_searchhint)
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