to rub to wash (clothes) 11 realizations Multi-area
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Arosi
lexeme wasi-
meaning 1 to rub
direction
meaning 2 to wash (clothes)
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 482
comment
NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Chinbon
lexeme ɓoːt
meaning 1 to rub
direction
meaning 2 to wash (clothes)
reference So-Hartmann 1988 CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Edopi
lexeme ɔgɔtɔɾai
meaning 1 to rub
direction
meaning 2 to wash (clothes)
reference TransNewGuinea.org CLICS-3
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ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Evenki
lexeme bul-mī
meaning 1 to stroke, wipe off, to adjust contorted fabrics with a hand
direction
meaning 2 to wash
reference
comment Василевич 1958, 65
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Evenki
lexeme ab-mī
meaning 1 to wash
direction
meaning 2 to wipe off
reference
comment Василевич 1958, 11
NEW Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Hawaiian
lexeme holoi
meaning 1 to rub, wipe
direction
meaning 2 to wash (clothes)
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Lithuanian
lexeme trìnti
meaning 1 to rub
direction
meaning 2 to wash
reference
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NEW Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Marquesan
lexeme hoói
meaning 1 to rub, wipe
direction
meaning 2 to wash (clothes)
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Obokuitai
lexeme kikig̚dɛ-kwa
meaning 1 to rub
direction
meaning 2 to wash (clothes)
reference TransNewGuinea.org CLICS-3
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 тереть (teret')
lexeme 2 стирать (stirat')
meaning 1 to rub
direction
meaning 2 to wash
reference
comment In the idioms тереть can mean also 'wash (linen). 'НРЭ 1, 218-219
ACCEPTED Realization 11
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 тереть
lexeme 2 стирать
meaning 1 to rub
direction
meaning 2 to wash (clothes)
reference <personally collected data>
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