to chew
→
to explain
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Japanese | |
| lexeme | kamu (噛む) | |
| meaning 1 | to chew; to bite; to gnaw | 彼はいま歯が痛むのでよくかむことができない。 He can't chew well, because he has a toothache now. |
| meaning 2 | to explain in detail | |
| reference | ||
| comment | EDICT. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Nivkh | |
| lexeme | вавуɧытть | |
| meaning 1 | to chew | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to explain | |
| reference | Savel'eva, Taksami 1970: 43 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | разжёвывать (razževyvat') | |
| meaning 1 | to chew | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to explain in detail | Почему я должен все тебе разжевывать? Why do I have to spoon feed everything to you? |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||