to wait
—
to remain, stay
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | ḳoyyä | |
| Meaning 1 | to wait, wait for, await | bäl ḳoyyaññ abrän ʔənhedallän 'I say, wait for me, we shall go together' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to last; to be late; to remain (in a place), to stay, to linger | bəzu ḳoyyä 'he remained a long time' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (K 813) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | μένω | |
| Meaning 1 | to wait | μένω δ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι πῶς ἀγὼν κριθήσεται I wait to hear what will be the result of the struggle. Aesch. |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to remain, to stay | πάντα χωρεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει Herillus ap. Plat. everything moves and nothing rests |
| Reference | LSJ | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | ṣänḥe | |
| Meaning 1 | to wait | ʔabzi täsälifna nəṣnəḥayom 'let us take the field here and wait for them' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to stay, stop, tarry, linger; to remain, to last, to be around; to be late, tardy | däḥar ʔəntäṣänḥu wärḥi kəllətä wärḥi ʔiyyom 'of course, if they stay one or two months [they will get what they want]'] |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (KT 2583). | |
in Tna. and Amh. note also the third meaning TO SLOW, LINGER