The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

ID	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

Comment
Dami i-tor-ne˜-ya 'let', 'permit', literally 'third-leave-third sing -INF' Haser 2000, 185

ACCEPTED Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		English
lexeme		leave
meaning 1	go away from
direction	—
meaning 2	permit, allow (colloquial, chiefly U.S.)
reference
comment		Haser 2000, 184

ACCEPTED Realization 2
type		Polysemy
language		Gagauz
lexeme		brak-
meaning 1	to leave, to quit, to abandon	о бракты иши he gave up work
direction	—
meaning 2	to let do smth	бракмамаа олсун җенк to prevent war
reference
comment		ГРМС 93. Нет нужной буквы.

ACCEPTED Realization 3
type		Polysemy
language		Geez
lexeme		ḫadaga
meaning 1	leave, abandon	bəʔəsit ʔənta taḫaddəg mətā (Sir. 23:22) A woman that leaves her husband.
direction	—
meaning 2	allow, permit	ḫədəgomu laməwwutān yəḳbəru məwwutomu (Matth 8 :22) Let the dead bury their dead!
reference		CDG: 258 LLA: 615-616 Haser 2000: 184-185
comment

ACCEPTED Realization 4
type		Polysemy
language		Hausa
lexeme		bari, bar
meaning 1	leave
direction	—
meaning 2	let, allow
reference
comment		Haser 2000, 184

ACCEPTED Realization 5
type		Polysemy
language		Kannada
lexeme		biḍu
meaning 1	let loose, quit (as work), go away
direction	—
meaning 2	allow, permit
reference
comment		Haser 2000, 185

ACCEPTED Realization 6
type		Polysemy
language		Lango
lexeme		wɛkkò
meaning 1	leave
direction	—
meaning 2	let, allow
reference
comment		Haser 2000, 185

ACCEPTED Realization 7
type		Polysemy
language		Swahili
lexeme		acha
meaning 1	leave
direction	—
meaning 2	allow, permit
reference
comment		Haser 2000, 185

ACCEPTED Realization 8
type		Polysemy
language		Yoruba
lexeme		fisílẹ
meaning 1	leave
direction	—
meaning 2	allow
reference
comment		Haser 2000, 185