to press to suck 1 realization
ACCEPTED Realization 1
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