flower
→
menstruation
2 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Amharic | |
Lexeme 1 | abäba | |
Lexeme 2 | yäwär abäba | |
Meaning 1 | flower, blossom | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | menses (lit. flower of the month) | yäwär abäba yänäṭṭäfäč 'woman who has reached menopause' |
Reference | ||
Comment | (K 1197-98). |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Tigrinya | |
Lexeme 1 | ṣəgä | |
Lexeme 2 | ṣəggəyat | |
Meaning 1 | flower pollen; flowers | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | menstruation, menses | |
Reference | ||
Comment | cf. also ṣägäya 'to polllinate, to bud; to flower, bloom; to menstruate' (KT 2622) |