to ripen ↔ to become ready (of food) 10 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Aghul
lexeme uǯas
meaning 1 to bake
direction —
meaning 2 to ripen
reference
comment (Sulejmanov 2003). The same in the Tabassaran УБЖУБ/УРЖУБ (TabRus 290).
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme bässälä
meaning 1 'to be cooked, become soft through cooking' [K 896]
direction —
meaning 2 'to be ripe (fruit, vegetable), to ripen' [K 896]
reference
comment The root can be traced back to the Protosemitic; the primary meaning is apparently 'to boil', though meaning B is also represented nearly in all languages.
NEW Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Itelmen
lexeme эскас
meaning 1 to ripen
direction —
meaning 2 to become ready (of food)
reference PIRS: 76-77
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Karaim
lexeme пишкэн
meaning 1 cooked, boiled
direction —
meaning 2 ripe, mature
reference
comment The same in Gagauz пишкин '1 baked; boiled 2 mature, ripe 3 experienced' ГРМС 369.
NEW Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme se coace
meaning 1 to ripen
direction —
meaning 2 to be fried, to be roasted
reference Румынско-русский словарь 1954
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme поспевать (pospevat')
meaning 1 to be cooked, to be boiled Щи давно поспели 'Cabbage soup was ready a while ago'.
direction ←
meaning 2 to ripen a. Поспели вишни в саду у дяди Вани. 'In uncle Vanya's garden the cherries are ripe.'
reference
comment Cf. Dal': "Sometimes it is used about people and animals: К осени у меня две своры борзых поспеют (By autumn I will have two packs of hounds ripe). Он поспел в солдаты, вошел в года, годен (He is mature enough to do the military service)".
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Udi
lexeme apːesun
meaning 1 to be boiling, to cook, to be baking
direction —
meaning 2 to ripen
reference
comment Cf. апIи '1. Baked (meat, bread etc.), 2. Ripe, mature (fruit, berry)' (Gukasjan 1974: 46)/
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Udihe
lexeme йē-
meaning 1 to get boiled, to get cooked (о вареве)
direction —
meaning 2 to ripen (berries)
reference
comment Кормушин 1998, 243
NEW Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Udihe
lexeme âда-
meaning 1 to ripen
direction —
meaning 2 to become ready (of food)
reference Simonov, Kyalundzyuga 1998: 94-95
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Yakut
lexeme бус-
meaning 1 to be boiling, to be baking 1) эт буhан эрэр
1) meat is starting to boil
direction →
meaning 2 to ripen 1) отон буспут
1) berries are ripe 2) wheat is ripe
reference
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