to smooth
→
to lick
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | ʔalmäṣä | |
| Meaning 1 | ‘to smooth, plane (smooth)’ | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | ‘to lick (one’s fingers, a spoon in order to taste’ | käbdi ʔidu bəməč̣dad dämu ʔənnaʔalmäṣä ‘licking the blood after cutting the palm of his hand’ |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | KT 83 | |