[Lexicog] lexical polysemy: reply to Amsler

[Koontz John E]

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004, John Roberts wrote:
> The key sense of 'abandon' is "relinquish responsibility for" not
> "relinquish ownership of" isn't it?

FWIW, the key sense of 'abandon, lose' in Omaha-Ponca seems to be 'drop,
let fall'.


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