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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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