to strike, hit
→
to bite
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Adyghe | |
| lexeme | еон | |
| meaning 1 | to strike, hit | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to bite (of snake) | блэр лIым еуагът the snake bit the man |
| reference | Txarkaxo 1991: 79 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | ṭäḳḳa | |
| meaning 1 | 'to strike, hit (a bell or phonolith to make it ring)' | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | 'to bite (dog, wile animal, snake)' | bäṭərsu ṭäḳḳa 'to bite, rend with the teeth' |
| reference | ||
| comment | K 2128 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | κόπτω | |
| meaning 1 | to beat, to hit | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to bite (snake) | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||