The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

to take → to marry, take a wife 10 realizations Multi-area

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

Comment
Cf. Rus. взять в жены

Zinacantán Tzotzil __ tzot1259 7ik’ (2) to marry to take 0.0
Gawwada __ gaww1239 ʔakki to marry to take 0.0
Hup __ hupd1244 d’oʔ- to marry to take 0.0
Hup __ hupd1244 d’oʔ- to marry to get 0.13
Mlabri __ mlab1235 ʔek take marry 0.14
Ancient Aramaic __ olda1245 nseb take marry 0.14
Hup __ hupd1244 d’oʔ- to marry to pick up 0.22
Gawwada __ gaww1239 ʔakki to marry to grasp 0.23
White Hmong __ hmon1333 yuav to marry to want 0.23
Burmese (Written) __ nucl1310 ju² take marry (a woman) 0.29
Sulung [Puroik] __ bugu1245 ɣei³³ take marry (a woman) 0.29
Burmese (Spoken Rangoon) __ mand1476 ju²² take marry (a woman) 0.29
Burmese (Written) __ oldb1235 ju² take marry (a woman) 0.29
Maru [Langsu] __ lawn1238 ju³¹ take marry (a woman) 0.29
Qingyun __ xish1235 gu²¹ give marry a husband 0.34
Diaocao __ dong1286 gə²¹ give marry a husband 0.34
Tajik ГИРИФТАН брать жениться 0.38
Upper Sorbian wudać, ~a, 3 л. мн. ~adźa сов выдать выйти замуж 0.42
Ancient Greek δίδωμι давать выдавать замуж 0.43
Turkish vermek давать выдавать замуж 0.43
Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian DERIV dati __ udati дать выдать замуж 0.44
Czech DERIV dát __ vdát дать выйти замуж 0.46
Tabasaran ГЬАБХУБ/ГЬАХУБ уносить брать замуж 0.47
german kriegen_I получать вступить в брак 0.48
Ukranian братися браться вступать в брак жениться 0.48
Ukrainian побратися_II взяться вступить в брак пожениться 0.49

ACCEPTED Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Akkadian
lexeme		aḫāzu
meaning 1	to take, to seize	īḫuz-ma qarrādīša she took her warriors
direction	→
meaning 2	to marry	šumma awīlum mārat awīlim balum šaʔāl abīša u ummīša iḫussi-ma if a man marries another man's daughter without asking her parents
reference		CAD
comment		CAD a 2 173-175

ACCEPTED Realization 2
type		Polysemy
language		Jarawara
lexeme		iti
meaning 1	take out, remove; pick up.	Bani toro e ititeha amake hato ya We take out the guts of the animal with the hato cutter.
direction	—
meaning 2	marry	Bite one nisori itimatamonaka His younger brother married his other daughter
reference
comment		JED 95.

NEW Realization 3
type		Polysemy
language		Kwaio
lexeme		fee-
meaning 1	to take
direction	→
meaning 2	to take in marriage
reference		Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 427
comment

ACCEPTED Realization 4
type		Polysemy
language		Oromo
lexeme		fuudhuu
meaning 1	to take
direction	→
meaning 2	to marry
reference
comment		Borello 1995:151; Gragg 1982:151-52

NEW Realization 5
type		Polysemy
language		Romanian
lexeme		lua
meaning 1	to take
direction	→
meaning 2	to marry, take a wife
reference		Andrianov, Mixalchi 1954: 504
comment

ACCEPTED Realization 6
type		Polysemy
language		Sanskrit
lexeme		pratigrabh
meaning 1	to grasp, to take
direction	—
meaning 2	to marry
reference
comment		Кочергина 416

ACCEPTED Realization 7
type		Polysemy
language		Sanskrit
lexeme		har
meaning 1	to take
direction	—
meaning 2	to marry
reference
comment		Кочергина 770

ACCEPTED Realization 8
type		Polysemy
language		Sumerian
lexeme		tuk, tuku
meaning 1	to acquire, obtain
direction	→
meaning 2	to marry
reference		ePSD2
comment

ACCEPTED Realization 9
type		Polysemy
language		Turkish
lexeme		tutmak
meaning 1	to grasp, seize, catch, hold in hands	ipi tut hold the rope
direction	→
meaning 2	to be married, to have a wife	Osman, benim kiz kardeşimi tutar. Osman is married to my sister.
reference		Baskakov 1977: 872
comment

ACCEPTED Realization 10
type		Polysemy
language		Yakut
lexeme		ыл-
meaning 1	to take	сүгэни ыл- to take an axe
direction	→
meaning 2	to marry	кими ыллыҥ? Who did you marry?
reference
comment		ЯРС 524.

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