Meaning: run

Represented in 149 languages with 43 cognate sets.

Illustrative Context

Can you run fast?

Target Sense
  • The most generic intransitive verb for going faster on foot than merely walking. (I.e. both feet will be off the ground at some point while running, but not when walking.)
    • Avoid intensive terms, specific to running very fast or as fast as possible.
    • Avoid terms specifically for animals, where different.
    • Avoid terms with further, specific connotations, e.g. jog as specifically running for the purpose of exercise.
  • Beware the polysemy of the English lexeme run:
    • Avoid terms for flowing or other movement of e.g. liquids, where different.
    • Avoid terms referring specifically to the ‘running’ of moving parts of machines.
    • Avoid terms that specifically mean ‘function’, ‘manage’, etc..

Cognate sets for meaning: run

Id <span style="white-space:nowrap;">IE-CoR ref. form&nbsp;</span> <span style="white-space:nowrap;">IE-CoR ref. lang.&nbsp;</span> # clades # lexemes loan? pll loan? pll deriv.? ideoph.? loan src lang. src lex cogset. Details

Lexeme Details

Language Lexeme Phonetic Phonemic Cognate set loan? pll loan? Source lang