to slow, linger — to inhabit, live 4 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme demeurer
meaning 1 to slow, linger Il est demeuré une heure à lire la lettre
He lingered an hour on reading the letter
direction —
meaning 2 to inhabit, live demeurer dans une rue
to live on a street
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 French
lexeme 1 demoror, -ari
lexeme 2 demeurer
meaning 1 to delay, to linger
direction —
meaning 2 to live, to dwell
reference
comment (Glare 514)
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Cognates
language 1 Russian
language 2 Polish
lexeme 1 мешкать (meškat')
lexeme 2 mieszkać
meaning 1 to delay, to linger
direction —
meaning 2 to live, to dwell
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comment Cf. also Czech. meškat 'to be long, to be slow, to be, to stay', Old Rus. мѣшькати 'to live'.
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Serbo-Croatian
lexeme trajati
meaning 1 to last, to continue седница jе траjала до десет сати 'заседание продолжалось до десяти часов'
direction —
meaning 2 to live, to reside овде ħу да траjем неколико дана 'здесь я буду жить несколько дней'
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comment Толстой 592

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