to smooth
→
to lick
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| 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 | |