to spread one's arms
→
to be surprised
2 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
NEW Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Hill Mari | |
Lexeme | кидӹм шӓрӓлтӓш | |
Meaning 1 | to spread one's arms | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to be surprised | Быстров нырышкы миэн шоат, кидӹм веле шӓрӓлтӹш: поливальный установка ӹшкетшок сылыкланен шалга. «Кышты рабочийвлӓ ылыт?» – председатель ӧрӹн ядеш When Bystrov reached the field he just spread his arms: the watering appliance is sadly abandoned. "Where are the workers?", the head official asked in surprise |
Reference | Mari-Russian idiomatic dictionary | |
Comment | The direction of this shift is evident from the non-compositionality of the second meaning (and the compositionality of the first one) |
NEW Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Udmurt | |
Lexeme | чапкиськыны | |
Meaning 1 | to spread one's arms | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | to be surprised | |
Reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
Comment |