to cut
→
to stop doing smth.
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme 1 | ḳʷärräṭä | |
| Lexeme 2 | ʔaḳḳʷarräṭä | |
| Meaning 1 | to cut, cut off, amputate | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to interrupt, to cut off, cut shortö to break off, sever (relations); to terminate | yalämaḳḳʷaräṭ 'perpetually, unceasingly, without letup' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (K 739, 741) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Chaha | |
| Lexeme | anṭä- | |
| Meaning 1 | cut, slaughter | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | give up | dän anṭä- 'lose hope, give up hope'; täsfa anṭä- 'be discouraged, lit. cut the hope' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LGur. I 17); the meaning B is perhaps due to calqueing from Amharic täsfa ḳʷärräṭä 'to give up hope' (lit. 'to cut hope') | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | cut off | |
| Meaning 1 | to cut (off) | Mrs Kreutz cut off a generous piece of the meat |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to switch off | The rebels have cut off electricity from the capital |
| Reference | ABBYY LINGUO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | couper | |
| Meaning 1 | to cut | couper des branches to cut branches |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to stop | couper les crédits à qn to deprive someone of financial aid |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme | tagliare | |
| Meaning 1 | to cut | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to stop | tagliare la comunicazione, tagliare la corrente, tagliare corto to break communication, to switch off current, to cut off a conversation |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | отсечь (otseč') | |
| Lexeme 2 | пресечь (preseč') | |
| Meaning 1 | to whip, to swish | отсечь голову to cut off one's head |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to stop | пресечь преступные действия to stop criminal actions |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | cortar | |
| Meaning 1 | to cut | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to stop (reading, conversation etc) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Narumov 1995: 230 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | bätäḵä | |
| Meaning 1 | to cut | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to disconnect, to interrupt | səraḥ bätäḵä 'to quit one's job' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (KT 1160). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | kes- | |
| Meaning 1 | to cut | eti kesmek, ipi kesmek to cut meat in pieces |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to stop | diplomatik ilişkileri kesmek, savaşı kesmek, sözünü kesmek, yardımı kesmek, bu ilâç baş ağrısını keser, o gülmeyi kesti to break diplomatic relationships, to stop the war, to stop the aid, this medicine kills headache, he stopped laughing |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||