to cut
→
poor, needy
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | bätäḵä | |
| Meaning 1 | to cut, slice | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to lose everything (property, etc.) and become poor, to reach the end of one's good fortune | zəbätäḵä 'poor, penniless' (lit. the one who cut) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | KT 1160 | |