Realization
Type		Derivation
Language		Serbo-Croatian
Lexeme 1		lučiti
Lexeme 2		odlučiti
Meaning 1	separate
Direction	—
Meaning 2	decide
Reference
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Comment		Buck 1429

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Turkish
Lexeme		cezmet-
Meaning 1	to chop off, to clip
Direction	→
Meaning 2	to take the final decision
Reference
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Comment		ТуРС 153.

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Ancient Greek
Lexeme		διαιρέω
Meaning 1	to cut up, to cleave
Direction	→
Meaning 2	to solve a problem
Reference
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Comment		LSJ 395-396

Realization
Type		Derivation
Language		Swahili
Lexeme 1		kata
Lexeme 2		kata shauri
Meaning 1	to cut
Direction	—
Meaning 2	to decide, to take decisions
Reference
Related Languages
Comment		shauri 'to advice'

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Chaha
Lexeme		anṭä-m
Meaning 1	cut, slaughter, reap cereals, harvest grain	fʷägägä-m anṭä-m 'cut off something very close (e.g. the skin from the flesh)'
Direction	→
Meaning 2	decide	yäsäda anč̣ərä-m ‘the elders decided that the person to whom injustice was done was to receive recompense’
Reference
Related Languages		The same polysemy in other Gunnän-Gurage languages (LGur. 76; 93).
Comment		(LGur. I 17).

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Classical Arabic
Lexeme		ğazama
Meaning 1	to cut, cut off	ğazama min-a n-naḫlat-i ğizm-an 'he cut off a portion (of the fruit) from the palm-tree'
Direction	→
Meaning 2	to decide, to determine	ğazama l-ʔamr-a 'he decided the affaire irreversibly';
Reference
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Comment		Lane 421

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Amharic
Lexeme		ḳʷärräṭä
Meaning 1	to cut, cut off (K 739)	əğun ḳʷärräṭä 'to cut off one's hand/arm' (K 740)
Direction	→
Meaning 2	to decide, fix, deternine (on s.th.), to make a resolution	guday ḳʷärräṭä 'to decide a matter' (K 740);
Reference
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Comment		K 739-740

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Ancient Hebrew
Lexeme		gzr (qal)
Meaning 1	to cut	wa-yyōmer ha-mmelek gizrū ʔet-ha-yyeled haḥay li-šənāyim 'and the king said: cut the living infant in two' (1K 3:25)
Direction	→
Meaning 2	to decide	wə-tigzar-ʔōmer wə-yāḳām lāk 'and you will decide upon something, and it will be established for you' (Job 22:28)
Reference
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Comment		HALAT 179

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Tigre
Lexeme		batka
Meaning 1	to cut	ʔəllā ʕə̣č̣̣č̣atki ʔəbtak ‘let me cut off this tree of yours’ (PPEA 12)
Direction	→
Meaning 2	to decide	la-ʔaḥā ʔəgəl nosu ʔəgəl lənsəʔā batka ‘he decided to take the cow to himself’ (PPEA 28)
Reference
Related Languages
Comment		LH 287

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Latin
Lexeme		decido
Meaning 1	to cut, to chop off	decido caput
Direction	→
Meaning 2	to decide
Reference
Related Languages
Comment		Glare 490

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Mandarin Chinese
Lexeme		jué
Meaning 1	cut
Direction	→
Meaning 2	decide
Reference
Related Languages
Comment		Deutscher 2005

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Tibetan
Lexeme		gcod-pa
Meaning 1	to cut (off)	kham-tshad-do gcod-pa "to cut into pieces"
Direction	→
Meaning 2	to solve (question)	dogs gcod-pa "to settle (to remove) doubts"
Reference
Related Languages
Comment		Рерих 3, 33.

Realization
Type		Derivation
Language		Basque
Lexeme 1		ebaki
Lexeme 2		erabaki
Meaning 1	cut
Direction	→
Meaning 2	make someone cut; decide
Reference
Related Languages
Comment		Deutscher 2005

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Endo
Lexeme		til
Meaning 1	cut
Direction	→
Meaning 2	decide
Reference
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Comment		Deutscher 2005

Realization
Type		Derivation
Language		Akkadian
Lexeme 1		purrrusu
Lexeme 2		parāsu
Meaning 1	to chop off, dismember	ina sikkatim ullâninnima mešrêtija purisa 'hang me on a peg, dismember me (chop off my limbs)…
Direction	→
Meaning 2	to render a verdict, to make a decision	mimma ša šarru ṣebû liprus 'the king should decide whatever he wishes';
Reference
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Comment		CAD P 171-172, 175. The meaning A belongs to the derived verb, and the meaning B is present in the non-derived verb. However, the verb parāsu has some other meanings like to stop, to block which are presumably also derived from 'to cut'. The cognates elsewhere in Semitic have the meanings 'to break', 'to rent with teeth, to cut'

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Classical Arabic
Lexeme		batta
Meaning 1	to cut	batattu l-ḥabl-a 'I cut the rope'
Direction	→
Meaning 2	to decide	batta ʕalayhi l-ḳaḍāʔ-a 'he decided the judgement against him';
Reference
Related Languages
Comment		Lane 147; LA II, 6

Realization
Type		Derivation
Language		Geez
Lexeme 1		matara
Lexeme 2		mətur
Meaning 1	to cut, amputate	ʔəmattər rəʔsaka ʔəmənneka ‘I’ll chop off your head’ (1 Reg. 17:46)
Direction	→
Meaning 2	decided, decided upon, definite	məturnu zənagar 'is this thing decided?'
Reference
Related Languages
Comment		(LLA 184-185); mətur also means 'cut-off': mətura ʔəzn 'with cut-off ear'

Realization
Type		Cognates
Language 1		Old English
Language 2		Ancient Greek
Lexeme 1		sceran
Lexeme 2		κρίνω
Meaning 1	cut off, shear
Direction	→
Meaning 2	to take a decision
Reference
Related Languages
Comment		Cf. also the meaning of 'to divide' in the verb κρίνω LSJ 996