to clean → to investigate 2 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme aṭṭara
meaning 1 to purify, filter or distill, to remove impurities ṭäǧǧ aṭṭara 'to filter, purify ṭäǧǧ (mead)'
direction →
meaning 2 to investigate, check on s.th., look into (a matter) lebočču yagäňňutən aṭṭartäw kähedu bähʷala... 'after the thieves left, having examinated what they had found…''
reference
comment (K 2110).
NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Portuguese
lexeme apurar
meaning 1 to purify
direction →
meaning 2 to gather facts, investigate
reference DPLP
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