to smooth → to lick 1 realization Unique
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme ʔalmäṣä
meaning 1 ‘to smooth, plane (smooth)’
direction →
meaning 2 ‘to lick (one’s fingers, a spoon in order to taste’ käbdi ʔidu bəməč̣dad dämu ʔənnaʔalmäṣä
‘licking the blood after cutting the palm of his hand’
reference
comment KT 83

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