to lie (posture)
→
to copulate
10 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 184 | to sleep | → | to copulate | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme | ligge | |
| Meaning 1 | to lie (posture) | ligge på sengen to lie one the bed |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to copulate | ligge med nn. to sleep with sb. |
| Reference | DDO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | coucher | |
| Meaning 1 | to lay, to lay down, to spend the night | coucher à l'hôtel to spend the night at the hotel |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to have sexual relationship with smn | |
| Reference | Larousse online | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme | lefekszik | |
| Meaning 1 | to lie (posture) | lefekszik a fa alá to lie under the tree |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to copulate | |
| Reference | MEK 1978 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Lexeme | liggja | |
| Meaning 1 | to lie (posture) | liggja á grúfu to lie on one's stomach |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to copulate | |
| Reference | ISLEX | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | cubo, -are | |
| Meaning 1 | to take one's rest, to sleep; to retire for the night | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to lie (with) for sexual intercourse | |
| Reference | Glare: 464 | |
| Comment | Also comcumbo 'to lie together (for sexual intercourse)' (Glare 392) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | ligge | |
| Meaning 1 | to lie (posture) | ligge på mage to lie on one's stomach |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to copulate | ligge med nn. to sleep with sb. |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme | zăcea | |
| Meaning 1 | to lie (posture) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (obsolete) to have sexual relations with someone | |
| Reference | MDA2 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Soqotri | |
| Lexeme | šéʔəf | |
| Meaning 1 | to lie (posture) | šéʔəf ṭad mən ʕággi wa-ʔéṭḳaʕ bə-ʔére (CSOL I 4:18) One of the two men stretched out and stared at the moon. |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to copulate | ʕəmɛ́ro ʕáže e-sáharas təšóʔof še ʕö́mor aḷ-ʔəšóʔof (CSOL I 19:6). The woman said to her brother-in-law: “Sleep with me!” He said: “I will not do that”. |
| Reference | CSOL I: 656 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme | ligga | |
| Meaning 1 | to lie (posture) | ligga i sängen to lie in bed |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to copulate | de låg med varandra they slept together |
| Reference | SAO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Vietnamese | |
| Lexeme | nằm | |
| Meaning 1 | to lie (down) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to have sexual intercourse (with) | |
| Reference | SEAlang Vietnamese | |
| Comment | ||