to strike, hit to play (a musical instrument) 14 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
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 2
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).
ACCEPTED Realization 3
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 4
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 5
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 6
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 7
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 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 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 11
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 12
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 13
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
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