to break (tr.)
→
to confess
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Osetin | |
Lexeme | sæddyn | |
Meaning 1 | to break | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to confess | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Абаев 3, 53-54 |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme 1 | raskolot' | |
Lexeme 2 | raskolot'sja | |
Meaning 1 | to split, to cleave | расколоть орех to crack a nut |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to come clean | Наконец, Петр раскололся, что в его подвале спрятан самогонный аппарат Finally, Peter came clean that in his cellar there was hidden a hootch still |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tibetan | |
Lexeme | 'cheg-pa | |
Meaning 1 | to jab, to pierce | shing 'cheg-pa to split a tree |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | to confess | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Рерих 3, 165. |