breathing
—
smell (n.)
8 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ancient Greek | |
Lexeme 1 | pneuma | |
Lexeme 2 | πνεῦμα | |
Meaning 1 | act of breathing, sb’s breath | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | smell, scent | |
Reference | François 2008: 195 | |
Comment | LSJ: 'blast, wind, breathed air, breath; breathing, respiration; flatulence; breath of life, living being; that which is breathed forth or exhaled, odour; breathing with which a vowel is pronounced; the spirit of God; spirit of man; Rhet., sentence declaimed in one breath' |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Breton | |
Lexeme | c’hwez | |
Meaning 1 | breath | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | smell | |
Reference | Sweetser 1990: 36 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Latin | |
Lexeme | spiritus | |
Meaning 1 | breath | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | smell | |
Reference | François 2008: 187 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
Lexeme | qì (气 or 氣) | |
Meaning 1 | breath | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | smell, scent | |
Reference | François 2008 | |
Comment | BKRS: gas, gaseous substance; air, atmosphere; air blow, weather conditions, climate; fog, cloudy haze; season, season; smell; taste; breath; spirit, mood; spiritual strength, disposition; temperament; character, mental state; strength, power; energy, vitality, vitality of the body; appearance, appearance, appearance; anger; rage, anger; qi (a substance in Chinese natural philosophy) |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mwotlap | |
Lexeme | nō-mōkhe | |
Meaning 1 | breath | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | smell | |
Reference | François 2008: 187 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Nahuatl | |
Lexeme | imi’iyo ~ i’iyac | |
Meaning 1 | breath | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | smell, esp. bodily smell | |
Reference | François 2008: 197 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme 1 | дышать | |
Lexeme 2 | дух | |
Meaning 1 | breathing | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | smell | |
Reference | BAS: 3, 1174, 1205 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Vietnamese | |
Lexeme | hơi | |
Meaning 1 | breathing | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | smell | |
Reference | SEAlang Vietnamese | |
Comment |