to light, kindle (the fire)
→
to shoot
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | täkkʷäsä | |
| meaning 1 | 'to ignite, light, set on fire' | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | 'to fire (a gun, artillery or other firearms)' | |
| reference | ||
| comment | K 989 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | fire | |
| meaning 1 | fire | to fire a house to set the house on fire |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to shoot | police fired into the crowd police fired into the crowd |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | palit' | |
| meaning 1 | to scald | палить курицу to scorch chicken |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to pound away | палить из пушки по воробьям to break a butterfly on the wheel |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||