to break (tr.)
→
to make a pause
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | break | |
| Meaning 1 | to break | to break a rod to break a cane |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to make a pause, to stop temporarily | we broke our journey at the village |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | cf. break off | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | säbärä | |
| Meaning 1 | 'to break' | məs ʔiyäsus krəstos nay ʔəttäsäḳ̆lu kəlättä säräḳ̆ti ʔaʕṣəmti wäthadärat säbärəwom ‘the soldiers broke the bones of the two thieves who were crucified with Christ’ |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'to break off, interrupt' | dəmṣi ḥanti helikoptär nəʕəlalna säbiruwo 'the sound of a helicopter interrupted our conversation' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | KT 702 | |