to strike, hit
↔
to copulate
8 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | ṭäḳḳa | |
| meaning 1 | to strike, hit (a bell or phonolith to make it ring) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to cover the female (animal) | |
| reference | AED: 2128 | |
| comment | The third meaning is 'to bite'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | ḍaraba | |
| meaning 1 | to beat | ḍaraba bi-riğl-i-hi l-ʔarḍ-a He stamped with his foot on the earth. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to cover a female (said of male) | |
| reference | BK: I 17 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | bang | |
| meaning 1 | to hit hard | He banged the door shut. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | (slang, transitive, intransitive, vulgar) to engage in sexual intercourse | We can hear the couple banging upstairs. |
| reference | Merriam-Webster | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | beat | |
| meaning 1 | to strike, hit | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (slang, vulgar) to have sexual intercourse | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | rammeln | |
| meaning 1 | to strike, hit | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to copulate | |
| reference | Duden | |
| comment | The meaning 2 in hunters' parlance, especially of rabbits |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | ëbnut' | |
| lexeme 2 | ebat' | |
| meaning 1 | to hit | |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | to copulate | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | трахнуть | |
| meaning 1 | to beat, hit | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to copulate | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | zäbäṭä | |
| meaning 1 | to hit, beat, strike | bərtuʕ zäbiṭunni He beat me severely. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fig. to have sex (vulg.) | |
| reference | TED: 1992-1993 | |
| comment | ||