to clean
→
to circumcise
2 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
NEW Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Classical Arabic | |
Lexeme | ṭahhara (طَهَّرَ) | |
Meaning 1 | to purify | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to circumcise | |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Swahili | |
Lexeme | tohara | |
Meaning 1 | (ritual) cleanliness, purity | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | circumcision | |
Reference | Polikanov Rechenbach 1967 | |
Comment | mtohara 'circumcised person', -tahiri 'to circumcised'. Borrowed from Arabian. |