clean (adj.) — healthy 1 realization Unique
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Tigre
lexeme nagā
meaning 1 to be pure, clean, bright ʔət balamāt lāṣəḥat mā ʕedo nāgyat wok ʔət kis məšəmmāʕ ḥaddis räč̣č̣əḳḳo ‘he kneads it in a clean calf’s skin or in a pure sheep skin or in a new canvas sack’
direction —
meaning 2 to be sound, recovering gofkā ʔi-lənge 'let you body not be sound, well'
reference
comment (LH 342). The cognate in Arabic means 'to be free', which can be the source meaning both for A and B.

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