to rub → to wash (clothes) 5 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
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 2
type Polysemy
language Evenki
lexeme ab-mī
meaning 1 to wash
direction —
meaning 2 to wipe off
reference
comment Василевич 1958, 11
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Lithuanian
lexeme trìnti
meaning 1 to rub
direction →
meaning 2 to wash
reference
comment проверить
ACCEPTED Realization 4
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 5
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 тереть
lexeme 2 стирать
meaning 1 to rub
direction →
meaning 2 to wash (clothes)
reference <personally collected data>
comment

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