top, upper part
→
East
2 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
636 | top, upper part | — | North | Open |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Muher | |
Lexeme | nän | |
Meaning 1 | up | yänän ḳərrəb eyebrow, upper eyelash |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | east | |
Reference | EDG I: 913 EDG: 457 | |
Comment | Also nännəyä "upward slope, upwards, ascent, uphill, eastward" (EDG I 913). From Semitic *ʕly "to be high, elevated" > South Ethio-Semitic *lay "above". |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Niuean | |
Lexeme 1 | uta | |
Lexeme 2 | Fāhi uta | |
Meaning 1 | upper | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | east | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Полинская 1995, 106 |