to shut, close → mistress, paramour 1 realization Unique
NEW Realization 1
type Derivation
language Turkish
lexeme 1 kapat-
lexeme 2 kapatma
meaning 1 to shut, to close
direction →
meaning 2 mistress, paramour
reference Baskakov 1977: 509
comment

Actually we have a polysemy here: kapatmak means both "to close" and "to keep a mistress"

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