to smooth → to lick 1 realization Unique
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 2930)
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 TED: 83
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