to strike, hit to play (a musical instrument) 14 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Adyghe
Lexeme jewen
Meaning 1 to beat, to hit someone
Direction
Meaning 2 to play musical instruments, music шыкIэпщынэм ео
plays the violin
Reference Šaov 1975: 110 Txarkaxo 1991: 79
Comment In Txarkaxo 1991 - еон
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Amharic
Lexeme mätta
Meaning 1 ''to beat, to hit' wəššawən bädulla yəmättal näbbär
'he was beating the dog with a stick' (Leslau 1973:99)
Direction
Meaning 2 'to pluck (a stringed instrument), to play (the drum, violin)' bägäna mätta
'to play the begena-harp'
Reference
Comment (K 241)
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Azerbaijani
Lexeme çal-
Meaning 1 to beat, to hit
Direction
Meaning 2 to play musical instruments
Reference ARRAL: 58
Comment The same in other Turk. Languages, cf. Turk.çal- (ТуРС 166).
NEW Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Batsbi
Lexeme toxar
Meaning 1 to beat, hit
Direction
Meaning 2 to play (a musical instrument)
Reference Mikeladze, Gigashvili 2012: 355
Comment
NEW Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Batsbi
Lexeme tepxar
Meaning 1 to beat, hit
Direction
Meaning 2 to play (a musical instrument)
Reference Mikeladze, Gigashvili 2012: 341
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Classical Arabic
Lexeme ḍaraba
Meaning 1 'to beat (frapper, battre)'
Direction
Meaning 2 'to play (a guitarre, etc.) (pincer, toucher, jouer (de la guitare, etc.))' ḍaraba l-ʔālāt-i
'to play musical instruments' (Il joue des instruments de musique)
Reference
Comment BK II 16
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Karaim
Lexeme цал-
Meaning 1 to hit, to throw
Direction
Meaning 2 to play (musical instruments) чалгъы чалына
Music is being played
Reference
Comment КРПС 611-612, 622. Cf. The derivatives цалгъы 'music', цалгъыцы 'musicians'. The forms in ч- are dialectal.
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Lezgian
Lexeme jaʁun
Meaning 1 to hit, to beat
Direction
Meaning 2 to play musical instruments, music
Reference
Comment (LezgRus 400)
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Cognates
Language 1 Maranao
Language 2 Tagalog
Lexeme 1 togtog
Lexeme 2 tugtog
Meaning 1 to hit
Direction
Meaning 2 to play musical instruments
Reference
Comment The Proto-Austronesian *CugCug 'to strike'. The second meaning is present also in the languages: Pangasinan, Cebuano. Сирк 2008, 156-157
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Swahili
Lexeme piga
Meaning 1 to beat, to hit, to batter
Direction
Meaning 2 to play piga baragumu; piga ngoma (gitaa, tarumbeta n. k.)
to blow the horn, to play the drum, the trumpet, the guitar etc.
Reference
Comment Polikanov
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Tabassaran
Lexeme jiwub
Meaning 1 to beat, to hit, to give a dab, to batter гъирмаж йивуб
to strike with a whip
Direction
Meaning 2 to play musical instruments, music чюнгюр йивуб
to play the chungur
Reference
Comment (TabRus 184)
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Tigre
Lexeme zabṭa
Meaning 1 to beat, to hit salas zabbəṭṭo ʔəgəl la-ḥante wārayu
He hits thrice the one who once threatened him
Direction
Meaning 2 to play musical instruments ʕəndər tarfa ḥaḳoki man zabbəṭṭo ʔəb bāzā;
The flute was left behind (=at your back), who plays the "baza" melody on it? 'And the musicians play flutes' (PPEA I 209:7-8)
Reference
Comment LH 499
ACCEPTED Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Yaqui (Hiaki)
Lexeme poona
Meaning 1 to bang, beat, knock, pound Yoóko empo puetata ponne
Tommorrow you will be knocking at the door
Direction
Meaning 2 toplay (instrument, radio, phonograph)
Reference Dictionary Yaqui: 126
Comment
NEW Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Yaqui (Hiaki)
Lexeme hipona
Meaning 1 to beat drum
Direction
Meaning 2 to play music in general
Reference Dictionary Yaqui
Comment