to untie, unbind
→
to explain
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1087 | to untie, unbind | → | to solve (a problem) | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | fätta | |
| Meaning 1 | to untie, unbind | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to explain | |
| Reference | K: 2302 | |
| Comment | Cf. also fəčči 'interpretation, explanation, solution' (K 2304). See Hayward 2000:637. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Egyptian | |
| Lexeme | wḥc | |
| Meaning 1 | unfurl | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | explain, solve, loose | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | c - is in the upper register | |
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Gamo | |
| Lexeme | birshídes | |
| Meaning 1 | to loose, release | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to interprete, expound | |
| Reference | Hayward 2000: 637 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Khmer | |
| Lexeme | sra:y | |
| Meaning 1 | untie | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | explain | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Haser 2000, 180 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lango | |
| Lexeme | gˋɔŋŋˋɔ | |
| Meaning 1 | untie, undress | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | interpret | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Haser 2000, 180 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | absolvo, -ere | |
| Meaning 1 | untie | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to explain | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Manchu | |
| Lexeme | sumbi | |
| Meaning 1 | remove, untie | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | explain, annotate | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Haser 2000, 180 | |
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Oromo | |
| Lexeme | hiika | |
| Meaning 1 | to loosen, untie | Gammaccuun sa'a hiikee margatti geesse 'Gammaccuu untied the cow and led it to the grass' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to translate, interprete | cf. hiika 'release; solution; meaning, interpretation': hiiknisaa maalii? 'What is the meaning/translation of this?' |
| Reference | Gragg 1982: 207 | |
| Comment | See Hayward 2000:637. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Takia | |
| Lexeme | -filale | |
| Meaning 1 | untie | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | explain | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Haser 2000, 180 | |