The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

ID	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2
1791	to separate	→	to decide	Open
1087	to untie, unbind	→	to solve (a problem)	Open

ACCEPTED Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Armenian
lexeme		lucel
meaning 1	to dissolve	šak(h)arə lucel ǰrum to dissolve sugar in water
direction	→
meaning 2	to decide	xndirə lucel to solve a problem
reference
comment		АрмРС 280

ACCEPTED Realization 2
type		Polysemy
language		Azerbaijani
lexeme		hәll
meaning 1	disspation
direction	—
meaning 2	solution
reference		ARRAL: 116
comment		Borrowed from Arabic in both meanings.

ACCEPTED Realization 3
type		Polysemy
language		Classical Arabic
lexeme		ḥalla
meaning 1	to dissolve, melt, liquefie
direction	→
meaning 2	to solve a problem, a riddle
reference
comment		Lane 619. The verb means also 'to untie, undo', and this meaning is given in the dictionary as primary. The verb is borrowed into Kurdish and Azeri.

ACCEPTED Realization 4
type		Polysemy
language		English
lexeme		solve
meaning 1	to dissolve
direction	→
meaning 2	to solve (problem)	to solve an algebra equation
reference
comment

ACCEPTED Realization 5
type		Polysemy
language		German
lexeme		lösen
meaning 1	to dissolve	in Wasser gelöste Mineralien minerals dissolved in water
direction	—
meaning 2	to decide	ein Rätzel lösen the problem could not be solved
reference
comment		Duden 2458

ACCEPTED Realization 6
type		Polysemy
language		Kurdish
lexeme		halīn-
meaning 1	to melt, to dissolve
direction	—
meaning 2	to be solved (problem)
reference
comment		The Kurdish word from the Arabic hall 'dissipation, solution (substance), solution (of a problem)'

NEW Realization 7
type		Polysemy
language		Somali
lexeme		xal(-ka)
meaning 1	dissolution
direction	→
meaning 2	solution (to the problem)
reference		Alejnikov 2012: 345
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