sea
—
coast
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Cognates | |
Language 1 | Akkadian | |
Language 2 | Classical Arabic | |
Lexeme 1 | tiāmtu | |
Lexeme 2 | tihāmat- | |
Meaning 1 | sea, ocean | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | a toponym: territory in Arabian peninsula, the Red Sea costal plain | |
Reference | ||
Comment | CAD t 150; Lane 320; cf. also Arb. taham- 'land descending to sea', ibid. See Fronzaroli 1965 (CLCS III): 136-137, 144, 149. |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Cognates | |
Language 1 | Amharic | |
Language 2 | Geez | |
Lexeme 1 | hayḳ | |
Lexeme 2 | ḥayḳ | |
Meaning 1 | lake | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | shore, seashore | |
Reference | CDG: 251 | |
Comment | K 26 |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tigre | |
Lexeme | baḥar | |
Meaning 1 | sea | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | coast of sea, littoral | |
Reference | ||
Comment | LH 274. |