to squeeze → to suck 2 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Tarifit Berber
lexeme z’əmm
meaning 1 to squeeze
direction —
meaning 2 to suck
reference <personally collected data>
comment

CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Tigre
lexeme ṣamma
meaning 1 to press, to wring, to wring həmam ləglekka mā lənsəʔakka mā ləṣmamakka
let the leopard seize you / take you away / squeeze you
direction →
meaning 2 to suck, to drink ʔangəʕo ṣamməm mən ʕāṣəm;
He sucks marrow out of bones; the daughter of a drinking woman, she sucks out a paddle in the sand
reference
comment LH 634

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