to let go
—
to leave, abandon
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Chaha | |
| lexeme | gäfärä- | |
| meaning 1 | to let go, release | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to leave, to move out | afär gäfärä-m 'to leave the land permanently'; bet gäfärä-m 'to move out of the house' |
| reference | EDG I: 54 | |
| comment | Labial verb as well as in English (see example below) | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | to leave | |
| meaning 1 | to let go | He left the book on the table. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to leave, abandon | He left London. |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||