to sleep
→
motionless
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Amharic | |
Lexeme | täñña | |
Meaning 1 | 'to sleep' | zäṭäññənna səmmənt säʔat täñta əmmətnässa atmässələmm She does not look like someone who gets up after eight or nine hours of sleep |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | 'to be stagnant (water); to cease, rest (from an activity)' | yätäñña wəha; ‘stagnant water’ |
Reference | ||
Comment | K 985 |
cf. Тигринья däḳḳäsä 'to sleep': nəʔabboy kəṣəwwəʕo ʔayəḵəʔələn däḳḳisu ʔallommo 'I can't call my father because he is asleep', but also säʕatu däḳḳisu ähis clock has run down' KT 2105