to dig
→
to investigate
13 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | nabat̲a | |
| meaning 1 | 'to dig with the hand, to dig out' | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | 'to investigate, scrutinize, examine' | nabat̲ū ʕan-i l-ʔamr-I 'they searched for the thing, searched into, inquired into investigated, scrutinized, or examined it' |
| reference | ||
| comment | Lane 2754. The meaning B requires the preposition ʕan. | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme | kopati | |
| meaning 1 | to dig | kopati bunar dig a well |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to investigate | kopati po knjigama, kopati po čijoj prošlosti to investigate the books, investigate somebody's past |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme | grave | |
| meaning 1 | to dig | grave et hul to dig a hole |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to investigate | |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | fouiller | |
| meaning 1 | to unearth | fouiller à Delphes un site archéologique to unearth an archaeological site in Delphi |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to investigate | Il a fouillé le problème avant de faire son exposé. He had investigated the problem before making the report. |
| reference | Larousse online | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Norwegian | |
| lexeme | grave | |
| meaning 1 | to dig | grave hull to dig holes |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to investigate | rote og grave i andres saker to poke into other people’s business |
| reference | BO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | копать (kopat') | |
| lexeme 2 | докопаться (dokopat'sja) | |
| meaning 1 | to dig | копать землю to dig earth |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to (try to) find out, to discover, to hunt out, to get to the bottom (of) | докопаться до истины to get down to bed-rock |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | копати (kopati) | |
| meaning 1 | to dig | копати гроб, копати јаму dig a grave, dig a hole |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to investigate | kopam po proslosti investigate the past |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 568 | |
| comment | Example for meaning 2 - CLARIN.SI | |
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | чепркати (čeprkati) | |
| meaning 1 | to dig | чепркати по башти, чепркати по дворишту to dig in the garden, to dig in the yard |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to investigate | чепркати по историји, чепркати по прошлости to investigate the history, to investigate the past |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1509-1510 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | čeprkati | |
| meaning 1 | to dig | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to investigate | čeprkati po čijoj prošlosti to investigate somebody's past |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | cavar | |
| meaning 1 | to dig (a hole); to trench | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to ponder | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Narumov 1995: 182 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | gräva | |
| meaning 1 | to dig | gräva en brunn to dig a well |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to investigate | gräva i det förflutna to investigate the past |
| reference | SAO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tibetan | |
| lexeme | abru-ba | |
| meaning 1 | to dig | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to study, to research | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Рерих VI, 333. | |
| NEW Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | eşele- | |
| meaning 1 | to dig, grub, scratch | Eşelemek için, fazer kullanmamız gerekebilir. We might need to use phasers to excavate it. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to investigate | Etrafı eşelemek iyi değildir Digging around isn't good |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 280 | |
| comment | Also eş-, eşin- 'to dig soil (of animals); to analyze, investigate' | |