wild boar
→
June
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Syriac | |
| Lexeme 1 | ḥzīrā (ܚܙܝܪܐ) | |
| Lexeme 2 | ḥzīrān (ܚܙܝܪܢ) | |
| Meaning 1 | boar | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | June | |
| Reference | Payne Smith: 137 CAL | |
| Comment | ||
by association of Sirius, which rises in the summer, with the boar-god Ninurta (Langdon S. Babylonian Menologies and the Semitic Calendars. 1935, p. 65, 119)