to spit
→
to despise
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | плевать | |
| meaning 1 | to spit | У него привычка плевать на землю. He has the habit of spitting on the ground. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to despise, do not care | Да мне плевать на суд I don't really care about the trial |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
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| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Zulu | |
| lexeme | fela | |
| meaning 1 | to spit | inyoka efelayo spitting snake |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to despise, not to respect, to disdain | ungafeli ngamathe abanye abantu You should not despise other people |
| reference | Луцков А.Д. Зулу-Русский словарь 2014: 56 | |
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