to spring, jump → to skip over, overlook 1 realization Unique
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme zällälä
meaning 1 to jump, leap, to gambol, frolic, skip atzəläl təgäballäh gädäl 'don't leap, you may go off a cliff! (i.e. look before you leap!)'
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meaning 2 to skip over (a word), omit (a line or word in reading); to overlook s.o. in serving food at a banquet atzəlalaññ ‘don’t skip over me; don’t go over my head (to my superior)’
reference
comment (K 1603)

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