[Lingtyp] PUT=LET GO: An areal feature?

[Guillaume Segerer]

Dear all,

A quick search in the RefLex database (1,160,000 words from 800 African 
languages) gives the following cases (which is of cours a minimum) :


PROTO-BANTU (Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo)    tá    salive  / guerre  /  
arc  /  armée  /  jouer (jeu)  /  (poser piège)  / laisser tomber  /  
jeter  /  perdre  /  mettre  /  poser piège  / jouer  /  faire  /  
appeler  /  nommer
WOLOF (Niger-Congo, Atlantic)    laf    force physique  / énergie  /  
envergure  /  poser contre  /  renoncer à  /  laisser tomber  /  pan 
d'un vêtement
GBAYA-KARA (Niger-Congo, Ubangian)    ʔe    poser  /  laisser  / 
abandonner  /  laisser tomber  /  accompagner
SANGO (Niger-Congo, Ubangian)    zia    abandonner  /  cesser  / 
laisser  /  mener  /  mettre  /  placer  /  poser  /  quitter  / verser
MANZA (Niger-Congo, Ubangian)    he    abandonner  /  cesser  / laisser  
/  poser
SUPYIRE (Niger-Congo, Senufo)    yaʔa    mettre  /  poser  / laisser  /  
rester  /  libérer  /  renvoyer  /  divorcer  / éviter  /  commencer 
sans  /  cesser  /  permettre  / reconnaître  /  croire
YANSI (Niger-Congo, Bantu B)    etól    laisser aller  /  poser
EFIK (Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo)    nɩ̀m    laisser tomber  / poser
IBUORO (Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo)    sɩ́n    laisser tomber  / poser
UKWA (Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo)    nɩ̀m    laisser tomber  / poser
GBAYA MBODOMO (Niger-Congo, Ubangian)    ɗe    laisser  /  garder /  
s'occuper  /  poser
BAKA (Niger-Congo, Ubangian)    ɔ̀ɔ́    déposer  /  poser  / laisser
NDAMBOMO (Niger-Congo, Bantu B)    ù-jíkɔ́kɔ̀    emballer  / laisser  /  poser
JAMSAY (Niger-Congo, Dogon)    dèèné    asseoir  /  store, stock 
(sth) / stocker, magasiner (qch)  /  garder  /  poser  / establish, 
found (a village) / établir (un village)  /  let (sb) settle down (sw) / 
laisser (qn) s'établir (qp)
JAMSAY (Niger-Congo, Dogon)    dùló    laisser en jachère  / poser
FWE (Niger-Congo, Bantu K)    kù-sûsà    poser  /  laisser tomber
NIOKOLO MANINKA (Niger-Congo, Mande)     búlà     laisser  / 
abandonner  /  mettre  /  s’installer qq part  /  obliger
ZODI (DOTT) (Afroasiatic, Chadic)     kàr     mettre  /  laisser
LELE (Niger-Congo, Mande)     bɛ̀la ~ bila ~ bèlá     se mettre /  
mettre  /  laisser  /  mettre (vêtement)

I can provide the original sources if needed.

Happy new year !

Guillaume Segerer



Le 03/01/2019 à 11:02, Joo Ian a écrit :
> Dear all,
>
> I wonder if you know any language where the primary morpheme meaning 
> 'to put' and the one meaning 'to let go (to seize holding something)' 
> are the same.
> At this point I only know four: Mandarin (fàng), Korean (noh), 
> Mongolian (tav), and White Hmong (tso).
> They are all spoken in East Asia (with White Hmong spreading out to SE 
> Asia), so I wonder if this feature is unique to this area.
>
> Regards,
> Ian JOO (주이안)
> http://ianjoo.academia.edu
>
>
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