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