little, small → detailed, thorough 2 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme minute
meaning 1 very smal two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm
direction →
meaning 2 very careful and exact, giving small details an exact and minute report
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme däḳḳiḳ̆
meaning 1 small däḳḳiḳ̆ fəṭrät 'animalcule, microscopic creature' (KT 2108)
direction →
meaning 2 thorough, detailed, intimate or exhaustive (knowledge of s.th.) zəsäggər säb kədawəntu ʔawṣiʔom bədäḳiḳ̆ yəfəttəšəwo səlläzənäbäru 'since they were thoroughly searching people passing through by making them take off their clothes...' (KT 2108)
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