to go out (of light)
→
to disappear
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2602 | to extinguish | → | to destroy, annihilate | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme | ṭafʔa | |
| meaning 1 | to be extinguished, be put out (light) | māḫtotomu yǝṭaffǝʔ (Job 18:6) The lamp beside him goes out. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to be blotted out, cease, be lost, disappear, vanish | kama ʔi-yǝṭfāʔ sǝmu (Ruth 4:10) so that his name does not disappear |
| reference | CDG: 587 LLA: 1250 | |
| comment | The same meanings have been registered for the Amharic cognate ṭäffa. | |