to tread
→
to oppress
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 820 | to tread | → | to destroy, annihilate | Open |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Akkadian | |
| lexeme | darāsu | |
| meaning 1 | 'to trample upon' | u sīsû lā mār ugāri idarrisa qar[bāti] but the horse, not at home on the commons, tramples the field |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | 'to press hard, to treat harshly' | ina awātim lā idarrisūšunuti they should not treat them harshly in the affair |
| reference | CAD | |
| comment | CAD d 110-111 | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | räggäṭä | |
| meaning 1 | 'to trample, step on, tread on' | säw sirägṭäw dəḳəḳ yəlal 'when s.o. steps on it, it crumples to bits' |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | 'to subjugate' | səlṭanun č̣äbṭän yäʔityoṗyan həzb əndärägg̈äṭən ənnor näbbär; 'we used to live holding on to power and keeping the Ethiopian people in subjection' |
| reference | ||
| comment | K 419 | |