blood
→
revenge
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tigrinya | |
Lexeme | däm | |
Meaning 1 | 'blood' | ṣäḳ̆ṭi däm 'blood pressure' |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | 'blood feud' | bäʕal däm 'one who must avenge a slain kinsman' |
Reference | ||
Comment | KT 2067-68; cf. dämənnät 'blood feud, right of the relatives of a murdered man to kill the killer or his nearest relative' |