sea → to sail 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Derivation
language Arabic
lexeme 1 b-ħ-r
lexeme 2 ’abħara
meaning 1 sea
direction →
meaning 2 to drive out, to put out in the sea
reference
comment Above all is used to describe sea sailing as the sailors' professional activity (Majsak, Rakhilina 2007).
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Derivation
language Indonesian
lexeme 1 laut
lexeme 2 melaut
meaning 1 sea
direction →
meaning 2 to sail
reference
comment Cf. mendanau ‛to sail on the lake’ (< danau ‛lake’), menyelat ‛to sail on the gulf’ (< selat ‛gulf’) (Majsak, Rakhilina 2007).
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Derivation
language Portuguese
lexeme 1 mar
lexeme 2 marear
meaning 1 sea
direction →
meaning 2 to sail
reference
comment Cf. carta de marear ‛sea chart’, agulha de marear ‛compass’, arte de marear ‛art of navigation’ (Majsak, Rakhilina 2007). ###(Этимология не вполне бесспорна.)

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