to feel shy, embarrassed
→
to shut one's eyes
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
NEW Realization 1 | ||
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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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