to cover
→
to copulate
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | to cover | |
| meaning 1 | to cover | Grandmother always covered the table with a lace cloth. Grandmother always covered the table with a lace cloth. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to cover (mare) | a horse covers a mare The stallion covers the mare |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | pokryvat' | |
| meaning 1 | to cover | покрыть голову платком to cover one's head with a headscarf |
| meaning 2 | to copulate (animals) | покрыть кобылу to cover a mare |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Yakut | |
| lexeme | сап- | |
| meaning 1 | to cover | саба бүрүн- to cover onself up to the hilt |
| meaning 2 | to cover (cow, female sheep or goat) | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ЯРС 315-316. | |