to break (tr.) → to confess 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Osetin
lexeme sæddyn
meaning 1 to break
direction →
meaning 2 to confess
reference
comment Абаев 3, 53-54
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 raskolot'
lexeme 2 raskolot'sja
meaning 1 to split, to cleave расколоть орех
to crack a nut
direction →
meaning 2 to come clean Наконец, Петр раскололся, что в его подвале спрятан самогонный аппарат
Finally, Peter came clean that in his cellar there was hidden a hootch still
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme 'cheg-pa
meaning 1 to jab, to pierce shing 'cheg-pa
to split a tree
direction —
meaning 2 to confess
reference
comment Рерих 3, 165.

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