to feel shy, embarrassed
→
to shut one's eyes
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tundra Yukaghir | |
| Lexeme | амалийи- | |
| Meaning 1 | to feel shy, embarrassed | Тэт адуо хади мархильҕат титэ амалийи? What girl is your son so shy about? |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to shut one's eyes (under the bright sunlight) | Мэт йуодии йэрпэйэҕат мэр амалийи. My eyes are squinting from the sun |
| Reference | Kurilov 2001: 39 | |
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