to mill, grind → to oppress 1 realization Unique
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme däḳ̃ʷäsä
meaning 1 ‘to pound, grind to a powder (salt, pepper etc.), to pulverize, crush to bits’
direction →
meaning 2 ‘to repress, subdue, suppress, quash (a political activity, a rebellion); to stunt (development)’ kämzäyənsəlṭən kämzäyənʕəmmər doḳ̃isomnā
‘they crushed us so that we cannot become civilized and flourish’
reference
comment KT 2107

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