to separate → to decide 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme κρῑ́νω
meaning 1 to separate
direction →
meaning 2 to decide
reference Sakhno 2009: 141
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Derivation
language German
lexeme 1 scheiden
lexeme 2 entscheiden
meaning 1 to separate Spreu vom Weizen scheiden 'to separate husk from the wheat'
direction →
meaning 2 to decide den Prozess zu jemandes entscheiden Sie, wie es gemacht werden soll! 'you decide how it is to be done'
reference
comment (Deutscher 2005).
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Tigre
lexeme fāraga
meaning 1 to separate wa-mən la-wəḳḳāʕ la-šimu fārəggo 'and they separate the husk from the sheafs' (PPEA I, 97, line 6)
direction →
meaning 2 to decide ʔəllā-di ʔabuye ḥasāmā ləfārəggā 'Let my father Hasama decide this'
reference
comment LH 660

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