The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

ID	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

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ACCEPTED Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Ancient Greek
lexeme		φημί
meaning 1	to speak
direction	→
meaning 2	to think, to believe	φημὶ χρῆναι, ἶσον φάσθαι τινί I think it necessary (Isocrates), to think oneself equal to smn (Homer)
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type		Polysemy
language		Ancient Greek
lexeme		φάσκω
meaning 1	to speak
direction	→
meaning 2	to think	1. ὃ οὔποτ᾽ ἔγωγε τελευτήσεσθαι ἔφασκον; 1. which, I believed, would never happen (Homer) 2. (you can) believe, that you see Mycenae, i.e. here it is, Mycenae, in front of you (Sophocles)
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comment		iter. For φημί

NEW Realization 3
type		Polysemy
language		Romanian
lexeme		zice
meaning 1	to speak
direction	→
meaning 2	(popular) to have opinion
reference		MDA2
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ACCEPTED Realization 4
type		Polysemy
language		Russian
lexeme		говорить
meaning 1	to speak
direction	→
meaning 2	to express an opinion about something	Прудон говорит, что собственность - это воровство
reference		BTS
comment		Словарь Ушакова

ACCEPTED Realization 5
type		Polysemy
language		Swahili
lexeme		dhukuru
meaning 1	to mention, to name, to articulate
direction	—
meaning 2	to think, to believe
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comment		Polikanov

ACCEPTED Realization 6
type		Polysemy
language		Yakut
lexeme		диэ-
meaning 1	to speak, to say	1) онуоха инньэ диэтэ 1) To this he replied like that 2) What are you saying?
direction	→
meaning 2	to think, to believe	1) манна баттыам диэбитим 1) I expected to find him here 2) I think that will be enough
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comment		ЯРС 114.