to press
→
to suck
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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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 |