to break (tr.)
→
to make a pause
2 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 9146) | ||
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| 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 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 | TED: 702 | |
| comment | ||