to cross, traverse → to have experience 1 realization Unique
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Mandarin Chinese
lexeme guo
meaning 1 to pass, to cross
meaning 2 "action or state has taken place at least once" (suffix like) Yangmei dangao wo chi guo. (= strawberry cake I eat EXPER)
I have eaten a strawberry cake once.
reference
comment Cf. wo kan-guo naben shu ‘I read, I had to read this book’. The situation in Thai languages is the same.

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