mountain
→
monastery
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | dabr | |
| Meaning 1 | mountain | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | convent, monastery | |
| Reference | CDG: 121 | |
| Comment | ||
This is the example of lexicalisation in the view of the fact that monasteries are usually built on high ground. In EthSem. languages the name of a monastery looks like "dbr ... (+ sth)".