to slap one's thighs
→
to be surprised
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Meadow Mari | |
| Lexeme | эрдым пераш | |
| Meaning 1 | to slap one's thighs | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to be surprised | Меке кува эрдым савалтен колта, шинчам каралтен йырымла… The old woman Mekhe slapped herself on the thighs, stared and started squealing |
| Reference | Mari-Russian idiomatic dictionary | |
| Comment | The direction of the shift is evident from the non-compositionality of the second meaning. To use this lexeme in the second meaning the state of surprise probably must be accompanied with the action of slapping one's thighs |
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