to untie, unbind
→
to solve (a problem)
19 realizations
Multi-area
| NEW Realization 1 (ID: 51811) | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | fätta | |
| meaning 1 | to undo, untie (a knot or fastening) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to solve (a puzzle), to interpret (a dream, a difficult passage), to decipher (a secret message) | |
| reference | AED: 2302 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 2633) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | ḥalla (حَلَّ) | |
| meaning 1 | to untie | ḥalla l-ʕuqd-at-a to untie a knot |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to solve (a problem, a riddle) | ḥall-u l-wasaṭ-i a compromise (lit. the solution of middle) |
| reference | Lane: 610 | |
| comment | Note also a third meaning 'to melt, to dissolve'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 11152) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme | løse | |
| meaning 1 | to untie, unbind | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to solve (a problem) | løse opgaven to solve the problem |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 2253) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Icelandic | |
| lexeme | leysa | |
| meaning 1 | untie | getur þú leyst hnútinn? can you untie the knot? |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to solve, to find a solution | hún leysir vanda viðskiptavina sinna eftir bestu getu she solves her clients' problems in the best way she can |
| reference | ISLEX | |
| comment | Берков | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 11150) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Norwegian | |
| lexeme | løse | |
| meaning 1 | to untie, unbind | løse en knute to loose a knot |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to solve (a problem) | løse et praktisk problem to solve a practical problem |
| reference | BO | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 13 (ID: 19845) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Oromo | |
| lexeme 1 | hiika (verb) | |
| lexeme 2 | hiika (noun) | |
| meaning 1 | to loosen, untie | Gammaccuun sa'a hiikee margatti geesse 'Gammaccuu untied the cow and led it to the grass' |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | solution | Wald'aba kanaa hiika barbaccaafii c'arraagaa jira 'He is making progress in finding a solution for this conflict' |
| reference | Gragg 1982: 207 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 11151) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | lösa | |
| meaning 1 | to untie, unbind | lösa knuten to loose a knot |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to solve (a problem) | lösa gåtor to solve riddles |
| reference | SAO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 (ID: 7772) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | fätḥe | |
| meaning 1 | to untie, undo | näza baḳ̌li män fätiḥuwwa Who untied this mule? |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to translate, to decipher, solve (a riddle), to figure s.th. out, to resolve (a problem) | kod fätḥe to decode, decipher |
| reference | TED: 2689 | |
| comment | ||