to raise, lift (tr.)
→
to praise
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | anässa | |
| meaning 1 | to raise, lift up | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to praise | ṭəlo anässa 'to belittle, than flatter' (lit. 'to raise after having dropped'); |
| reference | ||
| comment | (K 1020-21). The meaning B is attested only occasionally. Note that anässa also means 'to mention' (both positive and negative). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Japanese | |
| lexeme | ageru (上げる) | |
| meaning 1 | to lift | 手を上げる to raise one's hand |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to praise | 上げたり下げたり now praise and then abuse |
| reference | ||
| comment | БЯРС 5. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme | örgö- | |
| meaning 1 | to lift | гараа өргөх to raise one's hand |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to praise, to speak highly of | тэнгэрт тултал өргөх to exalt |
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| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | voznosit' | |
| lexeme 2 | prevoznosit' | |
| meaning 1 | to raise, to lift up | Победа француженок вознесла их на вершину рейтинга Thanks to the victory the French women rose to the top of the rating |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to praise too much | превозносить начальство to praise the front office |
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