to defecate
→
to waste
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Gagauz | |
| lexeme | sıç- | |
| meaning 1 | to defecate, to relieve oneself | |
| meaning 2 | to waste (food, money) | парайы сычмаа to be extravagant with money |
| reference | ||
| comment | ГРМС 454. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | срать (srat') | |
| lexeme 2 | просрать (prosrat') | |
| meaning 1 | to shit, to poop | Весна покажет, кто где срал. (паремия) In spring it will become clear who shitted where. (saying) |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to piss away | Ты опять просрал в клубе сто долларов! You pissed away 100 dollars in a club again! |
| reference | ||
| comment | However, it can mean not just 'to waste', but also 'to lose in gambling', 'to lose', 'not to get the expected' etc. | |