to ask / to ask for, request to ask in marriage 7 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 19682)
type Polysemy
language Batsbi
lexeme dexar
meaning 1 to ask (for)
direction
meaning 2 to ask for consent to marriage
reference Mikeladze, Gigashvili 2012: 296
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NEW Realization 2 (ID: 43989)
type Polysemy
language Bezhta
lexeme нисолал
meaning 1 to ask, inquire
direction
meaning 2 to ask in marriage
reference Khalilov 1995: 207
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NEW Realization 3 (ID: 45988)
type Polysemy
language Botlikh
lexeme хади
meaning 1 to ask for, request
direction
meaning 2 to ask in marriage
reference <personally collected data>
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Саидова П. А., Абусов М. Г. Ботлихско-русский словарь. Махачкала. 2012. С. 362


ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 43719)
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme prositi
meaning 1 to beg, to ask (for)
direction
meaning 2 to ask for consent to marriage
reference HJP
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ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 22771)
type Polysemy
language Ingush
lexeme беха
meaning 1 to ask (for)
direction
meaning 2 to ask for consent to marriage
reference Bekova et al. 2009: 168
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NEW Realization 6 (ID: 51965)
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Romanian
lexeme 1 peto, petere
lexeme 2 peți
meaning 1 to ask, beg, request, look for, inquire
direction
meaning 2 to ask to marry, often through an intermediate, such as the woman's family
reference DER Lewis, Short DEX98
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ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 43720)
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme просити (prositi)
meaning 1 to beg, to ask (for)

Просим да се не пуши


Please no smoking.

direction
meaning 2 to ask for consent to marriage

просити девојку, просити девојчину руку


to ask for consent to marriage

reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1075
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