to choke, strangle → to sink (tr.) 5 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 3359)
type Polysemy
language Bulgarian
lexeme давя (davja)
meaning 1 to strangle [Бернштейн 1986: 105]
direction →
meaning 2 to sink
reference
comment The Mac. дави, the Serb. давити have the same type of polysemy. The Czech dávit means only 'strangle'.
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 39936)
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme daviti
meaning 1 to choke, strangle
direction —
meaning 2 to sink (tr.)
reference HJP
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ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 39934)
type Polysemy
language Hungarian
lexeme fullaszt
meaning 1 to choke, suffocate Úgy köhög, hogy szinte fullad bele vagy tőle. Nem fulladsz ennyi lépcsőmászás után?

He's coughing so hard he's almost choking. Aren't you choking after climbing so many stairs?

direction —
meaning 2 to drown

A folyóba fulladt, a patakba fulladt, a tengerbe fulladt


Drowned in the river, drowned in the stream, drowned in the sea

reference MEK 1978
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ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 39937)
type Polysemy
language Macedonian
lexeme дави
meaning 1 to choke, strangle

Тие луѓе пукаат, колат, дават, уништуваат без милост и разум.


Those people shoot, slaughter, choke, and destroy without mercy or reason.

direction —
meaning 2 to sink (tr.), drown

 Фати да го дави во замрзнатото мочуриште.


Catch him drowning in the frozen swamp.

reference ODRMJ
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ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 39935)
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme давити (daviti)
meaning 1 to choke, strangle

Moje dete je videlo kako dečak petog razreda uzima najlon kesu i prilazi drugom dečaku s leđa, stavlja mu kesu oko vrata i davi ga.


My child saw a fifth grade boy take a plastic bag and approach another boy from behind, put the bag around his neck and choke him.

direction —
meaning 2 to sink (tr.)

давити некога у реци


to drown someone in a river

reference CLARIN.SI Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 241
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