to become light (in weight)
→
to give birth
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Wantoat | |
| lexeme | tatakake | |
| meaning 1 | to become light in weight, be relieved of a burden | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to give birth | Mäa täpätu engang musipnä kayä nga täpduu gwendune engangu gwan tängaiwän kake aminu kundutä “Tatakake yuak,” ngang yakaing. When a woman is pregnant and one day gives birth to the baby, some poele see that and see “She has become light and lives.” |
| reference | Davis, Dangepnana 2012: 129 | |
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