#2595 to tread → to infringe 1 realization
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme räggäṭä
meaning 1 'to trample, step on, tread on); to pass around the confines of a field' säw siräggəṭäw dəḳəḳḳ yǝlal
‘when s.o. steps on it, it crumbles to bits’
direction →
meaning 2 'to defy, refuse or reject with scorn' yäsäṭṭuññən məkər räg;
‘I [am] rejecting the advice you gave me’;
reference
comment K 419

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