to lose
→
to waste
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme | elveszt | |
| Meaning 1 | to lose | Elvesztette iratait, kesztyűjét, pénztárcáját He lost his documents, his gloves, his wallet |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to waste | Mennyi időt elvesztettem a keresgéléssel! How much time I wasted searching! |
| Reference | MEK 1978 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ingush | |
| Lexeme | боабе | |
| Meaning 1 | to lose | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to waste | кIерам дукха боабе йиш йолаш дацар тхо We couldn't afford to waste a lot of candles. |
| Reference | Bekova et al. 2009 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Serbian | |
| Lexeme | губити (gubiti) | |
| Meaning 1 | to lose | губити ствари, губити кључеве to lose things, to lose keys |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to waste | губити време, губити прилику to waste time, to waste an opportunity |
| Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 233 | |
| Comment | ||