to leave, abandon
→
to let, allow
8 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| 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 | ||
| Comment | (LGz. 258; LLA 615-616; Haser 2000, 184-185) | |
| 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 | |
Dami i-tor-ne˜-ya 'let', 'permit', literally 'third-leave-third sing -INF' Haser 2000, 185