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Type		Borrowing
Language 1		Arabic
Language 2		Amharic
Lexeme 1		ḫamr-
Lexeme 2		hamrawi
Meaning 1	'wine'
Meaning 2	'pink, purple, clear red color, bay (horse), a kind of cloth'
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Comment		Lane 809; K 7. The borrowing was possibly via Ge'ez, where the derivation was like ḫamr > ḫamrāwi (with the adjectival suffix -āwi). However, in Ge'ez both the noun and the adjective are practically out of use (though they are present in the dictionary of a local author). Cf. Also the Arabic ḫamriyy- 'a colour resembling the colour of wine' (Lane 809)

Realization
Type		Derivation
Language		Amharic
Lexeme 1		wäyn ṭäğğ
Lexeme 2		yäwäyn ṭäğğ
Meaning 1	'wine'	wäyn ṭäğğ mäṭäṭat əwäddallähu "'I like to drink wine' (Leslau 1973:1477)"
Meaning 2	'wine, wine-color; purple'	əhəte yäwäyn ṭäğğ šurab təwäddalläčč "'My sister likes purple sweaters' (Leslau 1973:1001)"
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Comment		[K 2179; Leslau 1973:1001]. According to the Amharic informant, the term means 'pink'.