to mill, grind
→
to learn, study
2 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 52113) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | to grind | |
| meaning 1 | to mill, to resucée to powder | The corn is ground into meal. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to learn, study hard | She grinds for an exam. |
| reference | Merriam-Webster | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 2591) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | ḳäṭḳäṭä | |
| meaning 1 | to pulverize, crush | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (fig.) to study thoroughly | nəʔarbaʕtä mäʕaltat käʔa ḳäṭḳiṭomo For four days they studied it thoroughly. |
| reference | TED: 1045 | |
| comment | ||