to cut → poor, needy 1 realization Unique
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 237)
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 TED: 1160
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