knee strong 1 realization
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Amharic
Lexeme gʷəlbät
Meaning 1 knee
Direction
Meaning 2 strength, power, might, vigor, energy gʷəlbät täsämmaw 'to feel strong'; gʷəlbät afässäsä 'to expend one's energy, to work hard'
Reference AED: 1890
Comment The lexeme is used in both of the meanings autonomously. Same polysemy in the Gurage languages (EDG I 272). Note that the semantic rationale for this shift is not clear, though.