Number of realizations
2
to eat
→
to destroy
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | akālu | |
| Meaning 1 | to eat | kāram ikulu kāsam ištû "They were eating from a plate and drinking from a cup" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to destroy | āla appul aqqur ina išāti ašrup akulšú "I destroyed, ruined the city, I set fire on it, I destroyed (lit. ate) it" |
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| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | (CAD AI 245, 247, 254) | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | bälla | |
| Meaning 1 | 'to eat, consume' | məsa bälla "‘to eat lunch’" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'to destroy, kill (magician by means of a spell' | buda bällaw "‘the evil eye attacked him, killed him’" |
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| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | K 857 | |