to wait
—
to remain, stay
4 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 10123) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | ḳoyyä | |
| meaning 1 | to wait, wait for, await | bäl ḳoyyaññ abrän ʔənhedallän I say, wait for me, we shall go together. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to last; to be late; to remain (in a place), to stay, to linger | bəzu ḳoyyä He remained a long time. |
| reference | AED: 813 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 9306) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | μένω | |
| meaning 1 | to wait | μένω δ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι πῶς ἀγὼν κριθήσεται I wait to hear what will be the result of the struggle. Aesch. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to remain, to stay | πάντα χωρεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει Herillus ap. Plat. everything moves and nothing rests |
| reference | LSJ | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 (ID: 45266) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sissano | |
| lexeme | -mɛn | |
| meaning 1 | to wait | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to remain, stay | |
| reference | Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 371 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 10371) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | ṣänḥe | |
| meaning 1 | to wait | ʔabzi täsälifna nəṣnəḥayom Let us take the field here and wait for them. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to stay, stop, tarry, linger; to remain, to last, to be around; to be late, tardy | däḥar ʔəntäṣänḥu wärḥi kəllətä wärḥi ʔiyyom Of course, if they stay one or two months [they will get what they want]. |
| reference | TED: 2583 | |
| comment | The same polysemy in Tigre cognate ṣanḥa [WTS 642]. | |
in Tna. and Amh. note also the third meaning TO SLOW, LINGER