narrow (vs. wide) to oppress 5 realizations Multi-area
NEW Realization 1 (ID: 51387)
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme siāqu
meaning 1 to become narrow, tight

kī I7 GN sâquni titurru ina muḫḫi iktabsū (ABL 1214:5)


As the Borsippa canal was narrow, they tamped a causeway over it.

direction
meaning 2 to become constrained, tight

GI6.GI6 dalḫat marṣat u sīqat (JCS 6, 66: 33)


(The child's life?) will be dark, troubled, difficult and constrained.

reference CAD: 169f.
comment Cf. also, Hbr. ṣwq (hip.) 'to harass, press hard; to drive someone into a corner' (HALOT 1014).
NEW Realization 2 (ID: 51386)
type Derivation
language Geez
lexeme 1 ṣabba
lexeme 2 ṣəbab
meaning 1 to be narrow, be compressed
direction
meaning 2 oppression
reference CDG: 545
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ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 19114)
type Derivation
language Oromo
lexeme 1 d'ip'p'aa
lexeme 2 d'ippisa
meaning 1 narrow, thin Mannikoo d'ip'p'aa/ood'a 'My house is narrow'
direction
meaning 2 to trouble, tighten Abbaan manaa haad'a manaa d'ip'p'ise 'The husband afflicted the wife'
reference Gragg 1982: 127
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ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 28274)
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 тесный
lexeme 2 притеснять
meaning 1 narrow
direction
meaning 2 to oppress
reference <personally collected data>
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ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 1904)
type Derivation
language Tigre
lexeme 1 ṣabib
lexeme 2 ʔatṣābaba
meaning 1 narrow ṣabib ʔI-kon maḳṭanu
His back was not narrow.
direction
meaning 2 to oppress ʔəb bəzuḥ ʔatṣābabaw ʔətom wa-dāganawom
They oppressed them strongly and persecuted.
reference WTS: 640
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