seat, chair
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2 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
NEW Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | chair | |
Meaning 1 | item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | (often with definite article) someone who presides over a meeting, board | Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions. |
Reference | OED English Wiktionary | |
Comment | also written Chair Clipping of chairperson. |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Kemant | |
Lexeme 1 | wambar | |
Lexeme 2 | wambar (or wämbär) | |
Meaning 1 | seat, chair | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | paramount chief | |
Reference | ||
Comment | (Conti Rossini 1912:265; Gamst 2007:381); borrowed from Amharic wämbär 'chair' (K 1035). |