to shut, close → to ignore 1 realization
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Tigrinya
Lexeme ʕaṣäwä
Meaning 1 ‘to shut, close’ mägaräğa ʕaṣäwä
'to shutter, to close curtains'
Meaning 2 'to ignore' ̣ʔəntay gäyräkka ʕaṣäk̲anni
'what did I do to you that you are ignoring me?''
Reference
Comment KT 1944

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