to work
→
to function
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Armenian | |
| lexeme | ašxatel (աշխատել) | |
| meaning 1 | to work | es ašxatum em, mí xangari (ես աշխատում եմ, մի՛ խանգարի); es ašxatum em gorcaranum (ես աշխատում եմ գործարանում) I am working, don’t bother me; I work at a factory |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to function | heṙustacʿuycʿə čʿi ašxatum (հեռուստացույցը չի աշխատում) the TV is not working |
| reference | Galstjan 1984 English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Finnish | |
| lexeme | käydä | |
| meaning 1 | to work | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to function | Pienoismallien moottorit käyvät risiiniöljyllä ja metanolilla. The motors/engines of the miniature models run on castor oil and methanol. |
| reference | Vahros, Ščerbakov 2007 English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Georgian | |
| lexeme | mušaobs (mušaobs) | |
| meaning 1 | to work | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to function | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme | gōngzuò (工作) | |
| meaning 1 | to work | dàibìng jiānchí gōngzuò (帶病堅持工作／带病坚持工作) Wǒ zài zhèlǐ gōngzuò yǐjīng shí duō nián le (我在這裡工作已經十多年了。/ 我在这里工作已经十多年了。) to keep working despite being ill I've been working here for more than ten years. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to function | Wǒ de diànnǎo bù gōngzuò le (我的電腦不工作了。/ 我的电脑不工作了。) My computer is not working. |
| reference | BKRS English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | работать | |
| meaning 1 | to work | Он работает хирургом в больнице. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to function | Лифт не работает. |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||