to strike, hit to kill 29 realizations
NEW Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Abaza
Lexeme щра
Meaning 1 to strike, hit
Direction
Meaning 2 to kill
Reference Tugov 1967: 453-454
Comment

In Tugov 1967 the meaning 'to kill' is marked as first.

ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Akkadian
Lexeme maḫāṣu
Meaning 1 to hit ina maḫāṣim ša libbīša uštaddiši
he has made her lose her child by beating (her)
Direction
Meaning 2 to kill ša ḫarrān šarri ana nēšī maḫāṣim
of the royal expedition to kill lions
Reference CAD
Comment CAD m 1, 73, 75
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Ancient Greek
Lexeme θείνω
Meaning 1 to beat, to hit
Meaning 2 to strike to death, to kill
Reference
Comment (LSJ 787)
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Ancient Greek
Lexeme κόπτω
Meaning 1 to beat, to hit
Direction
Meaning 2 to kill
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Gagauz
Lexeme ur-
Meaning 1 to beat, to hit, to knock капуйа урмаа
to knock at the door
Meaning 2 to kill
Reference
Comment ГРМС 486.
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Hittite
Lexeme kwen-, kun-
Meaning 1 to beat
Direction
Meaning 2 to kill
Reference
Comment Buck 552
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Icelandic
Lexeme slá
Meaning 1 to beat, to hit slá hnefanum í borðið
to hit the table with a fist
Direction
Meaning 2 to kill slá tvær flugur í einu höggi
to kill two birds with one stone (saying)
Reference
Comment Берков
NEW Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Khmer
Lexeme prɑhaa (ប្រហារ)
Meaning 1 to strike, hit
Direction
Meaning 2 to kill, execute
Reference SEAlang Khmer
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Komi
Lexeme тотшкыны
Meaning 1 to knock öдзöсö тотшкыны
to knock at the door
Meaning 2 to slaughter (animal) тотшкыны порсьöс
to slaughter a pig
Reference
Comment КомиРС 645
NEW Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Komi
Lexeme вартны
Meaning 1 to strike, hit
Direction
Meaning 2 to kill
Reference Beznosikova et al. 2000
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Latin
Lexeme caedo, -ere
Meaning 1 to beat, hit
Direction
Meaning 2 to kill
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Latin
Lexeme ferio, -ire
Meaning 1 to beat, to hit, to push nec semper feriet quodcurrique minabitur arcus
the bow does not always hit the target it threatened
Direction
Meaning 2 to slaughter, to kill, to decapitate
Reference Dvoreckij 1976
Comment (Glare 686-687)
ACCEPTED Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Lithuanian
Lexeme dóbti
Meaning 1 to hit, to beat dóbti šùnį
to beat the dog
Meaning 2 to kill (with a heavy object)
Reference
Comment LRŽ 152
NEW Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Malay
Lexeme bantai
Meaning 1 to strike, beat
Direction
Meaning 2 to slaughter (cattle)
Reference Rott et al. 1977.: 35
Comment
NEW Realization 15
Type Polysemy
Language Old English
Lexeme slēan
Meaning 1 to strike, hit

Þā spǣtton hīe on his ansīene and bēoton hine mid heora fȳstum. Sume hine slōgon mid heora brādum handum and cwǣdon, "Sæġe ūs, Crist, hwæt is sē þe þē slōg"? (Wessex Gospels, Matthew 26:67-8)


Then they spat in his face and beat him with their fists. Some of them slapped him [literally "hit him with their broad hands"] and said, "Tell us, Messiah! Who is it that hit you?"

Direction
Meaning 2 to kill

Sē hæġl slōg eall þā þing þe ūte wǣron, ǣġðer ġe menn ġe nīetenu ( Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Exodus 9:25).


The hail killed everything that was outside, both people and animals.

Reference Bosworth, Toller English Wiktionary
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 16
Type Cognates
Language 1 Old High German
Language 2 Old Norse
Lexeme 1 treffan
Lexeme 2 drepa
Meaning 1 to beat, to hit
Meaning 2 to beat, to kill
Reference
Comment In modern Icelandic there is the polysemy: drepa 1) kill; 2) strike, beat, hit (Berkov)
ACCEPTED Realization 17
Type Polysemy
Language Romanian
Lexeme a ucide
Meaning 1 to beat
Direction
Meaning 2 to kill
Reference DEX98
Comment DEX98
ACCEPTED Realization 18
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme bit'
Meaning 1 to beat a. Не бей ребенка 'Do not beat the child'. b. Бить больно 'to beat painfully'. c. Бить кого-нибудь по голове 'to beat someone on the head'.
Meaning 2 to kill (generally animals) a. Скот бьют на бойне. 'Cattle is slaughtered in a butchery.' b. Бить рыбу острогою. 'To kill fish with a gig.'
Reference
Comment (Ushakov). Cf. also Russian стучать - пристукнуть.
ACCEPTED Realization 19
Type Derivation
Language Russian
Lexeme 1 bit'
Lexeme 2 ubit'
Meaning 1 to beat Мальчик бил собаку.
A boy was beating a dog.
Meaning 2 to kill Мальчик убил собаку.
A boy killed a dog.
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 20
Type Polysemy
Language Sanskrit
Lexeme sarbh
Meaning 1 to beat
Direction
Meaning 2 to kill
Reference
Comment Кочергина 712
ACCEPTED Realization 21
Type Polysemy
Language Sanskrit
Lexeme çaṭh
Meaning 1 to beat
Direction
Meaning 2 to kill
Reference
Comment "To deceive" is cited as the first meaning Кочергина 633
ACCEPTED Realization 22
Type Polysemy
Language Sanskrit
Lexeme han
Meaning 1 to strike , beat (also a drum) , pound , hammer
Direction
Meaning 2 to kill
Reference MW
Comment MW1287, Кочергина 769
ACCEPTED Realization 23
Type Polysemy
Language Sanskrit
Lexeme khai
Meaning 1 to strike , injure
Direction
Meaning 2 to kill
Reference MW
Comment MW 340, Кочергина 186
ACCEPTED Realization 24
Type Polysemy
Language Sanskrit
Lexeme çiṣ (çéṣati)
Meaning 1 to beat
Direction
Meaning 2 to kill
Reference
Comment Кочергина 647
NEW Realization 25
Type Polysemy
Language Sanskrit
Lexeme ghāta (घात)
Meaning 1 a blow, bruise
Direction
Meaning 2 slaying, killing
Reference MW: 377
Comment
NEW Realization 26
Type Polysemy
Language Thai
Lexeme bprà-hǎan (ประหาร)
Meaning 1 (archaic) to beat; to hit; to strike
Direction
Meaning 2 to kill
Reference SEAlang Thai
Comment
NEW Realization 27
Type Polysemy
Language Thai
Lexeme kâat (ฆาต)
Meaning 1 (elegant, literary, poetic) hitting; striking
Direction
Meaning 2 (elegant, literary, poetic) killing
Reference SEAlang Thai
Comment
NEW Realization 28
Type Polysemy
Language Wantoat
Lexeme tänguke
Meaning 1 to hit
Direction
Meaning 2 to kill
Reference Davis, Dangepnana 2012: 125
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 29
Type Polysemy
Language Yazghulami
Lexeme da-
Meaning 1 to beat, to hit
Meaning 2 to kill
Reference
Comment ЭСИЯ 2, 443