to clean
→
to castrate
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | a curăţa | |
| meaning 1 | to clean | a curăţa hainele to clean clothes |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to castrate | |
| reference | DRRS: 1, 600 | |
| comment | Second meaning not attested in DEX98. From adjective curat 'clean', from cura (rare) 'to clean', (regional) 'to clear, eliminate, deforest', from Latin cūrāre 'to take care' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tofa | |
| lexeme | ашта- | |
| meaning 1 | to clean, to scour | дiш аъштаар щётка, балық қазыырыын аъштааш, hортооқа аъштап олырар мен tooth brush, to clean fish from scales, I will peel potatoes |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to castrate, geld | эр шошқа аин аъштаар to castrate boar |
| reference | Rassadin 2016: 51 | |
| comment | ||