to chew
→
to think, consider
6 realizations
FAMILY: Indo-European
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2609 | to eat | → | to think, consider | Open |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme | tygga | |
| meaning 1 | to chew | tygge maden to chew food |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to think, consider | Jeg tyggede lidt på oplægsholderens ord og rakte hånden op for at stille et spørgsmål. I mulled over the speaker's words for a moment and raised my hand to ask a question. |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme | masticare | |
| meaning 1 | to chew | masticare un pezzo di carne to chew a piece of meat |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to think, consider | masticava fra sé il significato di quelle parole he mulled over the meaning of those words to himself |
| reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Norwegian | |
| lexeme | tygge | |
| meaning 1 | to chew | du må tygge maten godt you need to chew your food well |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to think, consider | jeg skal tygge på tilbudet I'll think about the offer for a while |
| reference | BO | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | masticar | |
| meaning 1 | to chew | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to think, ruminate | |
| reference | Real Academia Española Diccionario | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | tugga | |
| meaning 1 | to chew | tugga maten ordentligt to chew one's food thoroughly |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to think, consider | en fråga som hon ofta tuggade för sig själv a question she often pondered to herself |
| reference | SAO | |
| comment | ||