Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | seat | |
| meaning 1 | piece of furniture made for sitting, such as a chair, stool, or bench; any improvised place for sitting | She pulled the seat from under the table to allow him to sit down. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | membership in an organization, particularly a representative body | Our neighbor has a seat at the stock exchange and in congress. |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | chair | |
| meaning 1 | item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | Stuhl | |
| meaning 1 | seat, chair | Ich habe die ganze Zeit auf meinem Stuhl gesessen! I've been sitting on my chair the whole time! |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | professorship | Professor Martin wurde überraschend auf den Stuhl berufen. Professor Martin unexpectedly received the professorship. |
| reference | DWDS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme | seggio | |
| meaning 1 | seat for those in power; throne | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | the seat for each senator, representative, etc. | |
| reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | Catalan | |
| lexeme 1 | scamnum | |
| lexeme 2 | escon, escó | |
| meaning 1 | stool, step, bench | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | seat (in a parliament) | |
| reference | DIEC2 | |
| comment | Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. https://dcvb.iec.cat/results.asp?Word=escon |
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| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme | jiāoyǐ (交椅) | |
| meaning 1 | ancient folding chair | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (figurative) leader's position; high post | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Modern Greek | |
| lexeme | καρέκλα | |
| meaning 1 | chair | Εκεί που πήγα να κάτσω, κάποιος μου τράβηξε την καρέκλα κι έπεσα στον κώλο μου! As I was going to sit down, someone pulled the chair out from under me and I fell on my arse! |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | seat (membership in an organization, particularly a representative body and/or the power associated therewith) | Αυτός μόνο για την καρέκλα του ενδιαφέρεται, όχι για τους ψηφοφόρους του. He only cares about his seat, not his constituents. |
| reference | DSMG English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | кресло | |
| meaning 1 | armchair | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | responsible position, post | И возглавить его может отнюдь не либерал, как это уже было в 1998 году, когда вместо Сергея Кириенко кресло премьера занял Евгений Примаков (НКРЯ) Другие склонны упрекнуть Мальцева в том, что он то не хотел идти на выборы, то вдруг, под влиянием прошедшей летом акции "Единый кандидат", решил "назло" побороться за депутатское кресло (НКРЯ) |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Rutul | |
| lexeme | устIул | |
| meaning 1 | seat, chair | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | appointment, position | устIул бадаана чалыш йишин to strive for a position |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Алисултанов А.С., Сулейманова Т.А. Рутульско-русский словарь. – Махачкала: АЛЕФ, 2019. С. 360 |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Microevolution | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | escaño | |
| meaning 1 | (obsolete) bench | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | seat (membership in an organization, particularly a representative body) | Los resultados de los socialistas, sin embargo, fueron más modestos, un leve ascenso en votos que les reportó un escaño más. (El País, 2020 July 13) |
| reference | DRAE English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Teochew (Chaozhou) | |
| lexeme | gao1 in2 (交椅) | |
| meaning 1 | chair (usually with armrests) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (figurative) leader's position; high post | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | gâo-îi (เก้าอี้) | |
| meaning 1 | seat, chair | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (figurative) authority; office | |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | ||