žeti

Serbo-Croatian

/ʒêti/

verb
Definitions
  • (ambitransitive) to reap, harvest (cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine)
  • (transitive) to reap, harvest (to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žęti (squeeze, press, compress) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (kill, strike, slay, beat, hit, drive).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʷʰen-

Gloss

kill, strike, slay, beat, hit, drive

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

殺

Emoji

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