to eat
→
to destroy, annihilate
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 3678 | to eat | → | to corrode | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | akālu | |
| Meaning 1 | to eat | kāram īkulū kāsam ištû They were eating from a plate and drinking from a cup |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to destroy | āla appul aqqur ina išāti ašrup akulšu;
annakam ekallam išātum ēkul-ma
I destroyed, ruined the city, I set fire on it, I destroyed (lit. ate) it; a fire has consumed the palace here |
| Reference | CAD | |
| Comment | CAD a 1, 245, 247, 254 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | bälla | |
| Meaning 1 | 'to eat, consume' | məsa bälla ‘to eat lunch’ |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'to destroy, kill (magician by means of a spell' | buda bällaw ‘the evil eye attacked him, killed him’ |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | K 857 | |
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Chukchee | |
| Lexeme | кук | |
| Meaning 1 | to eat | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to finish off, destroy; liquidate, exterminate | |
| Reference | Moll, Inènlikèj 1957: 54 | |
| Comment | ||