to tread to refuse 2 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 2173)
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme räggäṭä
meaning 1 to trample, step on, tread on); to pass around the confines of a field säw siräggəṭäw dəḳəḳḳ yǝlal
When s.o. steps on it, it crumbles to bits.
direction
meaning 2 to defy, refuse or reject with scorn yäsäṭṭuññən məkər räg
I [am] rejecting the advice you gave me.
reference AED: 419
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NEW Realization 2 (ID: 52140)
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme попирать
meaning 1 to tread, to trample

попирать ногами


to tread under foot

direction
meaning 2 to defy, to flout, to scorn, to violate

попирать права 


to violate the rights

reference Fasmer 1986: III 327, 355
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From прать 'to tread under foot', from Old Slavic попьрати.