to move down (tr.)
→
to defeat, win
2 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
1651 | top, upper part | → | to defeat, win | Open |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | to take down | |
Meaning 1 | to move down (tr.) | to take somebody down to the dungeons |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to defeat, win | If you want to take down your opponent, you do it tactically, point by point. (https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1584107) |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tundra Yukaghir | |
Lexeme 1 | алун вэйм | |
Lexeme 2 | алун вэйм | |
Meaning 1 | to move down | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to defeat, win | Хадьир мэ лайнааҥи. Сукун чиҥичэрнудаҕа чуокөрэлэ алун вэйм. Here (they) began to fight. By evening (he) defeated the devil |
Reference | Kurilov 2001: 35 | |
Comment |
Cf. Germ. unterkriegen