to feed → to bribe 2 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme ʔabləʕä
meaning 1 to feed, to give to eat nab gäzaka ʔəntämäṣaʔku məntay tabləʕanni
'what will you give me to eat if I come to your house?'
direction →
meaning 2 to bribe
reference
comment KT 1095; cf. bəllaʕ 'bribe, hush money' (KT 1096)
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme doyur-
meaning 1 to feed
direction →
meaning 2 to bribe
reference Baskakov 1977: 244
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