to hold (in hands)
→
to defend
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tigre | |
Lexeme | ṣabṭa | |
Meaning 1 | 'to seize, to catch, to hold fast' | ʔəb šəknəhā ṣabṭayā He caught her by her foot |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to protect | məkkə̣ʔel ṣābəṭ ʔal-ʔarḥām tu, təwalləd wa-la-makānu Michael is the protector of wombs [women], both giving birth and sterile |
Reference | ||
Comment | LH 640 |