The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

to walk, to go → to be appropriate (for) 1 realization Unique

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

NEW Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Hungarian
lexeme		jár
meaning 1	to walk	A gyermek már tud járni. The child can now walk.
direction	→
meaning 2	to be appropriate according to the rules of social decorum or custom	Az ilyen ruha csak estélen járja. This kind of dress is appropriate only in the evening.
reference		MEK 1978
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