to build
→
to pretend
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | stroit' | |
| meaning 1 | to build | строить дом to build a house |
| meaning 2 | to pretend | строить из себя кого-либо to be too big for his/her boots |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swahili | |
| lexeme | aka | |
| meaning 1 | to build (with stones, brick) | |
| meaning 2 | to pretend | aka kimya to pretend |
| reference | ||
| comment | Polikanov | |