to smear, anoint
→
to deceive
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Classical Arabic | |
Lexeme | dahana | |
Meaning 1 | 'to anoint' | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | 'to play a hypocrite' | dahana fulān-an 'he acted with such a one hypocritycally' |
Reference | ||
Comment | Lane 926 |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tigrinya | |
Lexeme | läḳ̃läḳ̃ä | |
Meaning 1 | 'to paint, daub, smear, coat walls with mud' | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | 'to be a talebearer, to lie' | |
Reference | ||
Comment | KT 87 |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tigrinya | |
Lexeme | lässänä | |
Meaning 1 | 'to plaster, to whitewash a wall, to smooth (by filling in gaps) | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | 'to flatter, deceive, hoax, to wheedle, cajole, caress (in order to gain s.o.'s affection or favor' | |
Reference | ||
Comment | KT 85 |