to sail
→
to soar
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 3312 | to fly | → | cloud | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | segeln | |
| meaning 1 | to sail, to navigate (under sail) | Wir gehen am Sonntag segeln, Paul besitzt ein Boot. We're going sailing on Sunday, Paul owns a boat. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to soar, to hover | der Adler segelt durch die Lüfte; Wolken segeln the eagle sails through the air; clouds sail |
| reference | Moskal'skaja (ed.) 2001 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | vitorlázik | |
| meaning 1 | to sail | A hajó gyorsan vitorlázik. The ship sails fast. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to glide (of clouds) | |
| reference | MEK 1978 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Moksha | |
| lexeme | уемс | |
| meaning 1 | to swim, to move on the surface or in the depths of the water (of humans, animals, ships and their passengers) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to move slowly in the air | То менельса уйсть туста-шобда туцят кфчиесь ёндол dark clouds floated across the sky, lightning flashed |
| reference | Serebrennikov et al. 1998: 774-775 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme | оймох | |
| meaning 1 | to swim | оймогч swimmer |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to soar, to hover | шувуу агаарт оймж байна bird soars in the air |
| reference | BAMRS 2001-2002 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | плыть (plyt') | |
| meaning 1 | to sail | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to soar (of clouds) | Облака плывут по небу The clouds float across the sky |
| reference | BAS | |
| comment | ||