strong
→
difficult
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Akkadian | |
| lexeme 1 | dannu | |
| lexeme 2 | dannatu | |
| meaning 1 | strong | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | famine, distress, hard times | mātam dannatum iṣabbat-ma ḫušaḫḫum ibbašši (YOS 10 56 i 21) Distress will befall the country, there will be famine. |
| reference | CAD: d 87-92 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Ancient Hebrew | |
| language 2 | Akkadian | |
| lexeme 1 | ˀmṣ | |
| lexeme 2 | emēṣu | |
| meaning 1 | to be strong | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to be hungry | |
| reference | HALOT: 65 Kogan 2015: 280-281 | |
| comment | Cf. Ugr. ˀamṣ 'strong' (DUL 74). The idea behind the shift is that people undergo severe hardships during the period of famine. |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Nivkh | |
| lexeme | маӈгдь | |
| meaning 1 | to be strong | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to be difficult | |
| reference | Savel'eva, Taksami 1970: 175 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | güç | |
| meaning 1 | strong; force, power, energy | kas gücü muscle strength |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | difficult | güç bir duruma düşmek to come to a difficult situation |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 361 | |
| comment | ||
Можно наверное добавить английское hard, который тяжелый, сложный и пр., и есть довольно устойчивое выражение to try hard (to try one's hardest) 'усиленно стараться, изо всех сил пытаться' (как I strongly believe 'Я твердо убежден(а)'). Strong = сильно, твердо. (Виолетта)