to mill, grind
→
to oppress
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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| 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 | |