to chew
→
to explain
5 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme | tygge | |
| meaning 1 | to chew | tygge maden to chew food |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to explain | De skal have rettigheder serveret, men vi behøver ikke også tygge dem for dem. They should be given their rights, but we don't have to spell them out for them as well. |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | mâcher | |
| meaning 1 | to chew | mâcher longuement la viande avant d'avaler to chew the meat thoroughly before swallowing |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to explain | mâcher le travail à un élève to explain the assignment in detail to a student |
| reference | Larousse online | |
| comment | The second meaning is colloquial. |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Nivkh | |
| lexeme | вавуɧытть | |
| meaning 1 | to chew | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to explain | |
| reference | Savel'eva, Taksami 1970: 43 | |
| comment | ||