to cut
→
to make, create
2 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 (ID: 52683) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | carve | |
| meaning 1 | (archaic) to cut | My good blade carves the casques of men, / My tough lance thrusteth sure, / My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure. (Alfred Tennyson, “Sir Galahad”) |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (figuratively) to take or make, as by cutting; to provide | The Reds carved the first opening of the second period as Glen Johnson's pull-back found David Ngog but the Frenchman hooked wide from six yards (2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC) |
| reference | English Wiktionary OED | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 (ID: 52662) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ga | |
| lexeme | fo | |
| meaning 1 | to cut | Mifo miwao I cut my finger |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to make, create | Efoɔ lala He composes songs |
| reference | Kropp Dakubu 2009: 70 | |
| comment | ||
'to cut' > 'to make something out of wood' > 'to make, create', compare Teanu -toe in li-toe sela 'to cut the umbilical chord' and Awoiu kape le-toe langasuo peini, ka nengele wamitaka 'Then you make the rail (for the canoe) as well as the smaller pegs' (Teanu dictionary by Alex François https://marama.huma-num.fr/Lex/Teanu/t.htm#%E2%93%94~toe%E2%93%972 )