to go, walk
→
to do, act
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Old East Slavic | |
| lexeme | поступати (postupati) | |
| meaning 1 | to go, walk | Велит же въпль не поступати, нъ стати (XI c.) the cry compels not to go, but to stop |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to act | И то дело [христианизация китайцев]
зело изрядно. Поступайте в том опасно и не шибко (XVII c.) And this thing [christianization of the Chinese] is very important. Proceed carefully and not hasty in this matter |
| reference | SRJa XI-XVII: 17, 263 | |
| comment | ||