to stand
→
to help, aid
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | ḳomä | |
| Meaning 1 | to stand, be on one's feet, be erect | bäṭatu ḳomä ‘to stand on tiptoe’ |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to protect, assist | läsäfiw həzb ḳomä 'to provide support to the broad masses' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (K 805). In the meaning B probably always demands the preposition lä 'for' or a marker of benefactive. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme 1 | sto, -are | |
| Lexeme 2 | assisto, -ere | |
| Meaning 1 | to stand | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to help, aid | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||