opposite
→
against
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | против (protiv) | |
| Meaning 1 | opposite | Они встали друг против друга They stood face to face |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | against | Он против He is against (it) |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | karşı | |
| Meaning 1 | opposite | Tom bir duvara dayandı ve karşı duvara boş boş baktı. Tom leaned against one wall and stared blankly at the opposite wall. |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | against | Niye karşısın? Why are you against it? |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 517 | |
| Comment | ||
Location of two objects one opposite to another produces a metaphorical meaning 'to be against something'