land (vs. sea)
→
bottom
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 3531 | land (vs. sea) | → | floor (vs. ceiling) | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme | mədr | |
| meaning 1 | land, earth | wa-samayo ʔəgzəʔabəḥer la-yabs mədra wa-la-məʔlādātihu la-māy samayo bāḥra (Gen. 1:10); mədra kona (Jud. 5:18) And God called the dry place land, and he called the gatherings of the water sea; it became earth. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | bottom | mədra gəbb (Dan. 6:24); mədra bāḥr (Job 38:16) the bottom of the pit; the bottom of the sea |
| reference | LLA: 217 | |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | Boden | |
| meaning 1 | earth, soil | vom Schiff aus festen Boden betreten 'to come down from the ship to the firm ground' |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | bottom (of a cointainer, sea, river, etc.) | ein Glas bis auf den Boden leeren 'to drink the glass to the bottom' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | Grund | |
| meaning 1 | earth, soil | auf eigenem Grund und Boden leben 'to live upon one's own land' |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | bottom (of the sea etc.) | auf den Boden sinken 'to go to the bottom, to drown' |
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