to tie
→
to conceive, to become pregnant
2 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
---|---|---|
Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Amharic | |
Lexeme | ḳʷaṭṭärä | |
Meaning 1 | to tie | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to be gravid (animal) | |
Reference | AED: 834 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
---|---|---|
Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tigrinya | |
Lexeme | ḳʷaṣärä | |
Meaning 1 | to knot, tie tightly | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to conceive | ḳʷaṣärät 'she conceived, has become pregnant' |
Reference | ||
Comment | (KT 1063). |
Cf. also Proto-Central-Semitic ḥbl ‘to be pregnant’, likely related to PS ḥabl ‘rope’ (Kogan 2015:189)