to touch
→
to become infected
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 9181 | to catch | → | to fall ill | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lezgian | |
| lexeme | galuq’un | |
| meaning 1 | to touch (smn or smth), | |
| meaning 2 | to catch (a desease) | |
| reference | ||
| comment | (LezgRus 82) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | läḵäfä | |
| meaning 1 | 'to touch with the fingertip, to rub lightly' | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | 'to infect, contaminate' | |
| reference | ||
| comment | KT 117. The source meaning is that of "to taste" | |