to mill, grind to destroy, annihilate 6 realizations Multi-area
NEW Realization 1 (ID: 51129)
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme mrviti
meaning 1 to mill, grind
direction
meaning 2 to destroy, annihilate
reference HJP
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 2693)
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme to crush
meaning 1 to press, to grind, crushed stone

direction
meaning 2 to suppress, to smash to crush a rebellion

reference
comment
NEW Realization 3 (ID: 47596)
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme măcina
meaning 1 to mill, grind
direction
meaning 2 to destroy, annihilate
reference Andrianov, Mixalchi 1954: 511
comment
NEW Realization 4 (ID: 51128)
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme млети (mleti)
meaning 1 to mill, grind

Ovaj običaj nije vezan za crkvene kanone, ali jeste za narodno predanje po kome je Sveti Sava Srbe naučio kako da na vodenici melju žito.


This custom is not related to church canons, but it is a folk tradition according to which Saint Sava taught the Serbs how to grind grain at the mill.

direction
meaning 2 to destroy, annihilate

1. Vučić je želeo da sebe prikaže pred domaćom javnosti <...>, kao suverenog lidera koji je samostalno doneo odluku da se obračuna s jednom opasnom kriminalnom grupom koja na tlu Balkana i Evrope, u 21. veku, seče glave, kolje i melje ljude.

2. U tom momentu nisam to ozbiljno doživeo jer borba za opstanak je u jeku, a i svakodnevica me melje.


1. Vučić wanted to present himself to the domestic public <...>, as a sovereign leader who independently made the decision to deal with a dangerous criminal group that, in the Balkans and Europe, in the 21st century, cuts off heads, slaughters and destroys people.

2. At that moment, I did not experience it seriously, because the struggle for survival is in full swing, and everyday life destroys me.

reference РСЈ: 720 PDRS (Serbian Web)
comment
NEW Realization 5 (ID: 51130)
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme мрвити (mrviti)
meaning 1 to crumble, grind

мрвити хлеб


to crumble bread

direction
meaning 2 to destroy, annihilate

тенк је мрвио људе


the tank crushed people

reference РСЈ: 736
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 187)
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme färtätä
meaning 1 'to break, crumble up engera-bread; to crumble, pulverize dry things''
direction
meaning 2 'to destroy, annihilate utterly'
reference
comment KT 2665