to sit → to inhabit, live 33 realizations
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Adyghe
lexeme дэсын
meaning 1 to sit

джэныкъом дэсын


to sit by the hearth
direction →
meaning 2 to inhabit, live къуаджэм дэсын

to live in a village
reference Txarkaxo 1991: 70
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme wašābu
meaning 1 to sit (on a chair, object) ina kussêm lā tuššabū
You (Pl.) must not sit on the chair!
direction —
meaning 2 to stay, to live 10 ūmī ina GN uššab
I will stay at [toponym] for 10 days.
reference CAD: A 2, 386-87
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme täḳämmäṭä
meaning 1 to sit down yəḳḳämmäṭu
Sit down! (respect.)
direction →
meaning 2 to dwell, inhabit əssu gondär täḳämmäṭä
He lived in Gondar.
reference AED: 706
comment The same polisemy in the Tigrinya täḳämmäṭä (TED 920).
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme κάθεμαι
meaning 1 to sit

Homer, Iliad 2.191
Homer, Iliad 16.407
Homer, Odyssey 5.82
Homer, Iliad 8.207
Homer, Iliad 23.448
Homer, Odyssey 10.497
Homer, Odyssey 17.530
Aristophanes, The Clouds 466
Homer, Odyssey 21.420
Sophocles, Antigone 411
Herodotus, Histories 3.83
Herodotus, Histories 4.118
Herodotus, Histories 8.73
Herodotus, Histories 2.149
Euripides, Electra 315
Euripides, Helen 1084
Aristophanes, The Wasps 773
Plato, The Republic 328C
Xenophon, Cyropaedia 4.5.54
Alciphron, Collected Works 3.27
Euripides, Herakles' Children 55
Euripides, Andromache 266
Euripides, Herakles' Children 394
direction →
meaning 2 (of people) to be settled

Herodotus, Histories 5.63
reference LSJ
comment
NEW Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Buriat
lexeme hууридаха
meaning 1 to sit
direction →
meaning 2 to inhabit, live
reference Čeremisov 1973: 693
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Cham
lexeme tò̠ʔ
meaning 1 to sit
direction →
meaning 2 to inhabit, live
reference Alieva, Bùi Khán Thế 1999: 134
comment
NEW Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme sjedjeti
meaning 1 to sit sjediti u klupi, sjediti za stolom
sit in the pew, sit at the table
direction →
meaning 2 to inhabit, live
reference HJP
comment
NEW Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Finongan
lexeme mapmaat
meaning 1 to sit
direction →
meaning 2 to settle; live in

Adeng tentoo tentooge aina bonga fafattamon ginang, Kubunelem kasat ge maatgumun


The process of making peace went ahead until we came and settled at Kubunelem village.
reference Rice 2015: 82-83
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Geez
lexeme nabara
meaning 1 to sit (down) nabara diba manbar (1 Reg. 28:23)
He sat down on a chair.
direction —
meaning 2 to live, to dwell ʔəlla tənabbəru ʔiyarušlem (Jes 4:3)
those who live in Jerusalem
reference CDG: 383 LLA: 650-51
comment
NEW Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Gulf Arabic
lexeme giʔad
meaning 1 to sit down, take a sit; to sit. be sitting

ya w-giʔad


He came and sit.
direction →
meaning 2 to dwell, live

giʔadna fi dbayy sana w-baʔdeen ntigalna


We lived in Dubai for a year, and then moved
reference Qafisheh, Buckwalter, McCarus 1997: 524-525
comment
NEW Realization 11
type Polysemy
language 1 Kabardian
language 2 Minangkabau
lexeme щӀэсын
meaning 1 to be sitting in or under something
direction →
meaning 2 to inhabit, to live
reference Bizhoev 2008: 620
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Karaim
lexeme 1 олтур-
lexeme 2 олтур
meaning 1 to sit (down)
meaning 2 to live, to dwell
reference
comment
NEW Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Malak-Malak
lexeme pak
meaning 1 to sit pedung keen pak
I go over here and sit down
direction →
meaning 2 to inhabit, live dek kina pakma wuete enduwen
they live close by
reference Lindsay et al. 2017: 7
comment
NEW Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Maori
lexeme noh-ia
meaning 1 to be sat on
direction —
meaning 2 to be inhabited
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 371
comment
NEW Realization 15
type Polysemy
language Marquesan
lexeme noho
meaning 1 to sit
direction —
meaning 2 to inhabit, live
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 371
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 16
type Polysemy
language Mongolian (Khalkha)
lexeme 1 суух
lexeme 2 su:-
meaning 1 to sit Бат сандал дээр сууж байна
Bat is sitting on the chair
direction —
meaning 2 to live Улаанбаатарт 700 000 орчим хvн оршин суудаг.
The population of Ulaan Baator is about 700000 people.
reference BAMRS 2001-2002
comment
NEW Realization 17
type Polysemy
language Mussau-Emira
lexeme toka
meaning 1 to sit
direction →
meaning 2 to dwell
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 372
comment
NEW Realization 18
type Polysemy
language Niuean
lexeme nofo
meaning 1 to sit
direction —
meaning 2 to inhabit, live
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 370
comment
NEW Realization 19
type Polysemy
language Pukapukan
lexeme nō
meaning 1 to sit + nō
direction —
meaning 2 to inhabit, live
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 370
comment
NEW Realization 20
type Polysemy
language Raga (Hano)
lexeme toɣo
meaning 1 to sit
direction —
meaning 2 to dwell
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 372
comment
NEW Realization 21
type Polysemy
language Samoan
lexeme nofo
meaning 1 to sit
direction —
meaning 2 to inhabit, live
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 370
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 22
type Polysemy
language Sanskrit
lexeme adhyas
meaning 1 to sit (on)
direction —
meaning 2 to populate
reference
comment आस् ās [aas] (Ā. pr. āste – II; fut. āsiṣyáte; pfph. āsāṁ cakré; aor. ā́siṣṭa) 1) сидеть; 2) жить, пребывать (Kočergina 1996)
NEW Realization 23
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme седети (sedeti)
meaning 1 to sit седети на столици, седети за столом
sit on chair, sit at the table
direction →
meaning 2 to inhabit, live Краљ Никола је седио на Цетињу
King Nikola lived in Cetina
reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1209
comment
NEW Realization 24
type Polysemy
language Tahitian
lexeme noho
meaning 1 to sit
direction —
meaning 2 to inhabit, live
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 371
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 25
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme bshugs-pa
meaning 1 to sit
meaning 2 to dwell, to live
reference
comment Рерих VIII, 122.
NEW Realization 26
type Polysemy
language Tikopia
lexeme nofo
meaning 1 to sit
direction —
meaning 2 to inhabit, live
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 370
comment
NEW Realization 27
type Polysemy
language Tokelau
lexeme nofo
meaning 1 to sit
direction —
meaning 2 to inhabit, live
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 370
comment
NEW Realization 28
type Polysemy
language Tongan
lexeme nofo
meaning 1 to sit
direction →
meaning 2 to inhabit, live
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 370
comment
NEW Realization 29
type Polysemy
language Tuamotu
lexeme noho
meaning 1 to sit
direction →
meaning 2 to inhabit, live
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 371
comment
NEW Realization 30
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme oturmak
meaning 1 to sit

oturun!


sit down!
direction →
meaning 2 to inhabit, live

Yenişehir'de otururken


When we live in Yenishehir...
reference Baskakov 1977: 695
comment


NEW Realization 31
type Polysemy
language Vitu (Witu, Muduapa)
lexeme mia
meaning 1 to sit
direction →
meaning 2 to dwell
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 371
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 32
type Polysemy
language Yakut
lexeme олур-
meaning 1 to sit (down) хамсаабакка олор
to sit motionless
direction →
meaning 2 to live, to dwell кинилэр куоракка олороллор
They live in the city
reference
comment ЯРС 270.
NEW Realization 33
type Polysemy
language Yuwaalaraay
lexeme wila-y
meaning 1 to sit

Wila-y ngaya gi-yaa-nha.


I’m going to sit down
direction →
meaning 2 to stay, stop, live

Minyaaya nginu ngaama dhaymaarr, minyaaya-nda wila-y-lanha?


Where’s your country, where do you stop?
reference Ash et al. 2003: 142
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