to float to soar 11 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Italian
lexeme galleggiare
meaning 1 to float, keep, or have the ability to keep, on the surface of a liquid, a mass of water il sughero, il ghiaccio, l’olio galleggia; un tronco d’albero galleggiava sul fiume
cork, ice, oil floats; a tree trunk floated on the river
direction
meaning 2 referring to an aerostat, stay suspended in the air without going up or down
reference Vocabolario Treccani
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Japanese
lexeme tadayou (漂う)
meaning 1 to float 波間に漂う船 namima ni tadayou fune; 水のなかに漂うクラゲ mizu no naka ni tadayou kurage
a boat drifting on the waves; a jellyfish floating in water
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meaning 2 to float (in the air) 風に吹かれて漂う雲 kaze ni fukarete tadayou kumo
a floating cloud, blown by the wind
reference BCCWJ
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Japanese
lexeme ukabu
meaning 1 to float 水面にいっぱい花びらが浮かんでいた suimen ni ippai hanabira ga ukande ita
lots of petals were floating on the water
direction
meaning 2 to float (in the air) 青空に薄い雲が浮かんでいた aozora ni usui kumo ga ukande ita
thin clouds were floating in the sky
reference BCCWJ
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ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Khmer
lexeme sat
meaning 1 to float
direction
meaning 2 to float (in air)
reference
comment Gorgoniev 1984, 700
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Khmer
lexeme ɒndaet
meaning 1 to surface, to float (on the surface or with the current)
direction
meaning 2 to float (in air)
reference
comment Gorgoniev 1984, 813
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Khmer
lexeme rɔsat
meaning 1 to float
direction
meaning 2 to drift, to float
reference
comment Gorgoniev 1984, 582
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Komi
lexeme гӧвкъявны
meaning 1 to float юас гӧвкъялӧ бензин кень
a thin layer of gasoline floats on the surface of the river
direction
meaning 2 to drift in the air туй вылын лун-лун гӧвкъяліс бус
dust swept over the road all day
reference Beznosikova et al. 2000
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ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Komi
lexeme кӧвкъявны
meaning 1 to float on the surface of any liquid (about oil, fats)
direction
meaning 2 (dialect) to drift in the air
reference Beznosikova et al. 2000
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ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Mandarin Chinese
lexeme yóu (游)
meaning 1 to swim, to float Yóuguò duì'àn (游过对岸), yú zài shuǐ lǐ yóu (鱼在水里游 )
to swim across to the other side; fish swimming in the water
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meaning 2 to soar, to hover, to drift in the air, to fly Yóu yún (游云); yóu lóng (游龙)
floating cloud; flying dragon
reference BKRS
comment semantic 水 'water' + phonetic 斿 (Old Chinese *lu)
ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Portuguese
lexeme volante
meaning 1 floating
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meaning 2 flying
reference Feerštejn, Starec 2005
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ACCEPTED Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme aphyo-ba
meaning 1 float freely, to toss (on water)
direction
meaning 2 to float (in air)
reference
comment Рерих VI, 141. The word means also 'fish'.