to choose
→
good
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 8024 | to choose | — | to shine, glitter | Open |
-
Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | выбирать | |
| lexeme 2 | отборный | |
| meaning 1 | to choose | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | selected | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme 1 | изабрати (izabrati) | |
| lexeme 2 | изабран (izabran) | |
| meaning 1 | to choose | Изабрали смо собу на спрату. We chose an upstairs room. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | one of the best, elite, exceptional | изабрани господа, изабрани људи elite gentlemen, elite people |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 446 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | məruṣ | |
| meaning 1 | chosen, selected | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | the better or best (of several things), choice, select; exquisite | məruṣ guǧlä elite group, select group |
| reference | TED: 378-79 | |
| comment | From märräṣä 'to choose, select' (TED I 378). | |