to feel
→
to feel (an emotion)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | feel | |
| meaning 1 | to use or experience the sense of touch | You can feel a heartbeat if you put your fingers on your breast. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to experience an emotion or other mental state about | I can feel the sadness in his poems. |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Finnish | |
| lexeme | tuntea | |
| meaning 1 | to feel, sense (sense by touch) | Tunnetko sykkeen? Do/Can you feel the heartbeat? |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to feel (experience an emotion or other mental state) | tuntea surua to feel sad |
| reference | Kielitoimiston sanakirja | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Khoekhoe | |
| lexeme 1 | hōǃâ | |
| lexeme 2 | hōǃâsi | |
| meaning 1 | to feel, perceive (touch) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | feeling, emotion | |
| reference | Haacke Khoekhoe 2002: 52 | |
| comment | The word formation of "hōǃâsi' is hōǃâ + si, abstract noun suffix | |