to smear, anoint
→
to deceive
3 realizations
FAMILY: Afro-Asiatic
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 408) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | dahana | |
| meaning 1 | to anoint | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to play a hypocrite | dahana fulān-an He acted with such a one hypocritycally. |
| reference | Lane: 926 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 7819) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | läḳ̃läḳ̃ä | |
| meaning 1 | to paint, daub, smear, coat walls with mud | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to be a talebearer, to lie | |
| reference | TED: 87 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 9710) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | lässänä | |
| meaning 1 | to plaster, to whitewash a wall, to smooth (by filling in gaps) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to flatter, deceive, hoax, to wheedle, cajole, caress (in order to gain s.o.'s affection or favor | |
| reference | TED: 85 | |
| comment | ||