hump (of a person or camel)
→
to work
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | Buckel | |
| lexeme 2 | buckeln | |
| meaning 1 | hump (of a person or camel) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to work hard | Angenommen, du hast 15 Jahre lang hart gebuckelt, um dir endlich ein Auto leisten zu können. Assume that you had to work hard for 15 years to finally afford a car. |
| reference | DWDS | |
| comment | |
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| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | горбатиться | |
| meaning 1 | hump (of a person or camel) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to work hard | Я что, специально горбатилась тридцать лет, чтобы ты тут, такой красивый, на моем диване лежал? [Андрей Геласимов. Чужая бабушка (2001)] Did I work my ass off for thirty years just so you could be lying here on my couch, so handsome? |
| reference | BTS NRC | |
| comment | ||