to carry → to endure 14 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 6646)
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme ὀχέω
meaning 1 to carry
meaning 2 to stand, to bear
reference
comment LSJ 1280
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 9466)
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme φέρω
meaning 1 to carry
direction →
meaning 2 to bear, to stand
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 4214)
type Polysemy
language Armenian
lexeme krel
meaning 1 to carry
meaning 2 to suffer, to undergo patižǝ krel, tanǰank(h)ner krel
to serve a prison term, to bear sufferings
reference
comment АрмРС 369
ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 5468)
type Polysemy
language Armenian
lexeme tanel
meaning 1 to carry
meaning 2 to stand, to bear
reference
comment АрмРС 648
ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 13036)
type Polysemy
language Botlikh
lexeme барлIи
meaning 1 to carry, to bear
direction →
meaning 2 to endure сураб гьагар барлIи
to endure severe pain;
reference Alekseev, Azaev 2019: 50
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 4348)
type Derivation
language 1 Classical Arabic
language 2 Arabic
lexeme 1 حَمَلَ ḥamala
lexeme 2 اِحْتَمَلَ ʔiḥtamala
meaning 1 to carry (a burden) ḥamalat ḥaml-an ḫafīf-an

She bore a light burden. 
direction →
meaning 2 to bear ˀinnā qtasamnā ḥuṭṭataynā baynanā fa-ḥamalta barr-at-a wa-ḥtamaltu fajār-i
Verily we have divided our two qualities between us, and thou hast borne as thy share goodness, and I have borne as my share wickedness.
reference BK: I 494-495 Lane: 646
comment Cf. Hbr. ḥāmal 'to have compassion, to treat with consideration' [HALOT root no. 2973].
ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 4345)
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme bear
meaning 1 to transfer, to transport [НБАРС 205] to bear a banner
to bear a banner [НБАРС 205]
meaning 2 to stand, to bear [НБАРС 183] to bear pain
to stand pain [НБАРС 205]
reference
comment The same in Icel. Bera
ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 4347)
type Polysemy
language Geez
lexeme ṣora
meaning 1 to carry yəḫeyyəs təṣor ḫoṣā wa-ṣewa (Sir. 22:15)

You better carry sand and salt.
direction —
meaning 2 to bear ʔi-təkəl ṣawirotomu la-ʔəkuyān ʔəlla yəbəlu rəʔəsomu ḥawārəyāt (Apoc. 2:2)

You cannto stand the wicked who say that they are apostles.
reference CDG: 567
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 4346)
type Polysemy
language German
lexeme tragen
meaning 1 to carry [НЕМ 847] etw. Ueber den Bach tragen
to carry smth over a stream [Нем. 847]
meaning 2 to stand, to bear [НЕМ 847] etw. mit Geduld tragen
to stand smth patiently [НЕМ 847]
reference
comment Also ertragen 'to stand, to bear' [НЕМ 290]
ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 5136)
type Polysemy
language Kildin Saami
lexeme кӯннѣтэ
meaning 1 to carry, to trasnport кӯннѣтэ парна кӣд альн
to carry a child in one's arms
direction —
meaning 2 to endure кӯннѣтэ грӣб ю̄лькэ альн
to have flu and to stay on the move
reference Kuruč 1985: 133
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 6600)
type Polysemy
language Middle Persian (Pahlavi)
lexeme bar-
meaning 1 to carry, to trasnport
meaning 2 to stand, to bear
reference
comment This root has similar polysemy in many Iranian languages: ЭСИЯ 2, 85 etc.
ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 5366)
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 нести (nesti)
lexeme 2 переносить (perenosit')
meaning 1 to carry нести груз
to carry a load
direction —
meaning 2 to bear он мужественно переносил несчастье
He bore the misery with courage.
reference
comment Cf. also сносить (оскорбление) 'to bear insults', выносить (унижения) 'to bear humiliations'
SUSPENDED Realization 13 (ID: 40962)
type Polysemy
language Sumerian
lexeme il₂ /il/
meaning 1 to lift; carry
direction →
meaning 2 to endure
reference ePSD2
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 14 (ID: 7989)
type Polysemy
language Swahili
lexeme beba
meaning 1 to carry on one's back asiye nа mtoto nа abebe jiwe
who is childless let him carry a stone on one's back (saying)
meaning 2 to bear, to stand
reference
comment Polikanov

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