to do, act → to copulate 9 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 9763)
type Derivation
language Amharic
lexeme 1 adärrägä
lexeme 2 tädärarrägä
meaning 1 to make, to do; to act
direction →
meaning 2 to do s.th. to one another; to have sex. (euth.)
reference AED: 1755
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ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 13194)
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme faʕala (فَعَلَ)
meaning 1 to do
direction →
meaning 2 to copulate

faʕala bi-l-marʔat-i 



He copulated with the woman.
reference Lane: 2420
comment

The same polysemy in Modern Written Arabic: faʕala fī-mrʔat-i [Baranov II 603].

The Arabic word is consistently used in Soqotri with the meaning 'to fornicate', see CSOL I 532. 
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 66)
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme make
meaning 1 to create An Indian can make almost anything out of bamboo.
direction →
meaning 2 to seduce, to make a person of the opposite sex go to make love Young Fraser tried to make her once.
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ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 1299)
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme do
meaning 1 to act, to perform; to execute What are you doing?
direction →
meaning 2 to have sexual intercourse (euphemism) Some service-man did your mother in Cyprus and then made an honest woman of her.
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NEW Realization 5 (ID: 46730)
type Polysemy
language Japanese
lexeme yaru (遣る)
meaning 1 to do, act
direction →
meaning 2 to have sex
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin], Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō,
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 8210)
type Polysemy
language Karakhanid Uighur
lexeme ӄил-
meaning 1 to do, to make ар ӣш ӄилдӣ
a person did smth
direction →
meaning 2 to copulate, to have sexual intercourse ар ӄизиґ ӄилдӣ
The man had sexual intercourse with the girl
reference
comment МК 3338. "[Это слово] указывает на совокупление, поэтому огузы его избегают и вместо ӄилдӣ"он сделал" говорят ӣттӣ "он совершил". ар йукунҗ ӣттӣ"он совершил молитву" (там же) "[This word] refers to sexual intercourse, so the Oghuz avoid it, instead of ӄилдӣ"he did" they say ӣттӣ "he performed". ар йукунҗ ӣттӣ"he performed a prayer" (ibid)
NEW Realization 7 (ID: 44765)
type Polysemy
language Samoan
lexeme fai
meaning 1 to do
direction →
meaning 2 to copulate
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 218
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ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 3142)
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme gäbärä
meaning 1 to do, to make, to work
direction →
meaning 2 to fornicate, commit adultery
reference TED: 2291, 2293
comment Also, tägabärä ‘to have sex (couple)’ [ibid.].
NEW Realization 9 (ID: 44764)
type Polysemy
language Tongan
lexeme fai
meaning 1 to do
direction →
meaning 2 to copulate
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 218
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