to do, act
→
verb
16 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Afrikaans | |
| lexeme 1 | werk | |
| lexeme 2 | werkwoord | |
| meaning 1 | work | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | verb | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Belarusan | |
| lexeme 1 | дзеяць | |
| lexeme 2 | дзеяслоў | |
| meaning 1 | to do, to act. to function | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | verb | |
| reference | Slounik.org | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Dutch | |
| lexeme 1 | werken | |
| lexeme 2 | werkwoord | |
| meaning 1 | to work, to labour, to function, be in working order | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | verb | |
| reference | Mironov 1987 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Estonian | |
| lexeme 1 | tegu | |
| lexeme 2 | tegusõna | |
| meaning 1 | action, deed, doing | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | verb | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Finnish | |
| lexeme 1 | teon | |
| lexeme 2 | teonsana | |
| meaning 1 | act, deed | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | verb | |
| reference | Vahros, Ščerbakov 2007 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Gagauz | |
| lexeme 1 | iş | |
| lexeme 2 | işlik | |
| meaning 1 | work | |
| meaning 2 | verb | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ГРМС 216. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | Tätigkeit | |
| lexeme 2 | Tätigkeitswort | |
| meaning 1 | activity, job | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | verb | |
| reference | Duden | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Indonesian | |
| lexeme 1 | kerja | |
| lexeme 2 | kata kerja | |
| meaning 1 | work | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | verb | |
| reference | SEALang Indonesia | |
| comment | Semantic borrowing of Dutch werkwoord |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Latvian | |
| lexeme 1 | darbība | |
| lexeme 2 | darbības vārds | |
| meaning 1 | action, activity | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | verb | |
| reference | LEV 1992 | |
| comment | Literally 'action word', apparently a calque of German Tätigkeitswort coined by Pēteris Abuls in 1902, which soon became the accepted standard instead of previous coinages, such as Kārlis Mīlenbahs' izteiksmes vārds 'expression word' or laika vārds 'time word' (compare German Zeitwort), or Juris Neikens' 1850 term darīšanas vārds 'making word'. |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Limburgish | |
| lexeme 1 | wèrk | |
| lexeme 2 | wèrkwaord | |
| meaning 1 | work | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | verb | |
| reference | De Limburgse Wiktionair | |
| comment | Montfortian dialect (Mofers) |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Lithuanian | |
| lexeme 1 | veĩksmas | |
| lexeme 2 | veiksmãžodis | |
| meaning 1 | act, action | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | verb | |
| reference | LRŽ | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Malay | |
| lexeme 1 | kerja | |
| lexeme 2 | kata kerja | |
| meaning 1 | work | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | verb | |
| reference | SEALang Malay | |
| comment | Semantic borrowing of Dutch werkwoord |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | dòng (動, 动) | |
| lexeme 2 | dòngcí (動詞, 动词) | |
| meaning 1 | to move, to act, to use | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | verb | |
| reference | BKRS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme 1 | üyl | |
| lexeme 2 | üyl üg | |
| meaning 1 | act, job, work | |
| meaning 2 | verb | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Zulu | |
| lexeme | isenzo | |
| meaning 1 | act, deed | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | verb | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | From -enza 'to do, to make, to act, to behave' |
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