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'