to grasp, seize
→
to care for, look after
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 | grasp, to catch, to hold | ʔəb šəknəhā ṣabṭayā He caught her by her foot |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to take care | wa-hətā mən la-dol betā təṣabbəṭ; and from this time on she takes care of her home; their mother takes care of them |
Reference | ||
Comment | LH 640 |