to break (tr.) → to make a pause 2 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme break
meaning 1 to break to break a rod
to break a cane
direction →
meaning 2 to make a pause, to stop temporarily we broke our journey at the village
reference
comment cf. break off
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme säbärä
meaning 1 'to break' məs ʔiyäsus krəstos nay ʔəttäsäḳ̆lu kəlättä säräḳ̆ti ʔaʕṣəmti wäthadärat säbärəwom
‘the soldiers broke the bones of the two thieves who were crucified with Christ’
direction →
meaning 2 'to break off, interrupt' dəmṣi ḥanti helikoptär nəʕəlalna säbiruwo
'the sound of a helicopter interrupted our conversation'
reference
comment KT 702

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