to eat
→
to think, consider
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2588 | to chew | → | to think, consider | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | bälla | |
| meaning 1 | 'to eat' | məsa bälla ‘to eat lunch’ |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | 'to analyze, reflect upon, digest' | nägärun käbällaw dägmo ḳurṭ adərgo yǝwäsnal reflecting over the matter (lit. having eaten the matter), having taken the decision, he delivered a verdict |
| reference | ||
| comment | K 857-858 | |