to draw water
→
to imitate
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | ḳädda | |
| Meaning 1 | to draw water, to take a liquid from a large container with a small one | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to copy, imitate, mimic; to reproduce, copy, record (on tape), tape | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (K 817). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Gamo | |
| Lexeme | duuk'k'ides | |
| Meaning 1 | to draw water | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to copy | |
| Reference | Hayward 2000: 637 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Oromo | |
| Lexeme | waraaba | |
| Meaning 1 | to draw water | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to copy | |
| Reference | Hayward 2000: 637 | |
| Comment | In Gragg 1982:400, only the meaning 'to draw water' is adduced for waraaba, but note sagalee waraabduu 'tape recorder', adduced in Gragg 1982:400. | |
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | идти | |
| Lexeme 2 | соитие | |
| Meaning 1 | to draw water | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | mating, copulation | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
See Hayward 2000:631, 637