to feel hunger ↔ to want 5 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme peinao
meaning 1 to be hungry
direction →
meaning 2 to desire, to long for
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Derivation
language Gothic
lexeme 1 grēdus
lexeme 2 gairnjan
meaning 1 hunger
direction →
meaning 2 desire
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comment Buck 332
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Derivation
language Irish Gaelic
lexeme 1 ocras
lexeme 2 caraim
meaning 1 hunger
direction ←
meaning 2 love, desire
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comment Buck 332
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Latin
lexeme esurio, -ire
meaning 1 to be hungry cum esuriente panem suum dividere 'to share one's bread with the one who is hungry'
direction →
meaning 2 to want, desire, long for nil ibi, quod nobis esuriatur, erit 'there is nothing which would be desirable for us'
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ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Old East Slavic
language 2 Russian
lexeme 1 алкати
lexeme 2 alkat'
meaning 1 to starve, to famish
direction →
meaning 2 to desire
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