exact
→
to resemble, be alike
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | ləkk | |
| meaning 1 | exact, precise, sharp (time) | ləkk əndässu 'exactly like him' |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | alike | ləkk naččäw 'they are just alike, e.g. twins' |
| reference | ||
| comment | K 87-88 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Komi | |
| lexeme | топ | |
| meaning 1 | exactly | топ батьыс кодь exactly looks like a father |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | alike | топ ызӧна би; топ сувтім, воськов вӧчны ог вермӧй just like fire from dry grass (about a hot-tempered person); stopped as if rooted to the ground, we can’t do a step |
| reference | Beznosikova et al. 2000 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Komi | |
| lexeme | стӧч | |
| meaning 1 | exactly | стӧч кык часын exactly on two o'clock |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | alike | детинкаыс батьыс кодь стӧч the child is the exact copy of his father |
| reference | Beznosikova et al. 2000 | |
| comment | This example may not fully correspond to the meaning 'alike'. But it demonstrates the initial stage of the shift. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | точно (točno) | |
| meaning 1 | exactly, precisely | точно в пять 'precisely at five o'clock' 'precisely at five o'clock' |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | like, similar to, as if | Он точно окаменел 'He seemed to have turned to stone' |
| reference | BAS | |
| comment | ||