to cut
→
poor, needy
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | bätäḵä | |
| meaning 1 | to cut, slice | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to lose everything (property, etc.) and become poor, to reach the end of one's good fortune | zəbätäḵä 'poor, penniless' (lit. the one who cut) |
| reference | ||
| comment | KT 1160 | |