mouth
→
fast (n.)
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lezgian | |
| Lexeme | сив (siw) | |
| Meaning 1 | mouth | сив аладарун 'to open one's mouth' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fast, sawm | адав сив гва 'he is fasting' (= he has mouth)' |
| Reference | LezgRus: 292-293 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Aghul | |
| Lexeme | сив (siw) | |
| Meaning 1 | mouth | сив алакь 'close your mouth' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | a sawn day | хьибу сив ухIуне 'kept sawn for three days' |
| Reference | Ramazanov 2010: 514 | |
| Comment | ||
The origin of the shift is probably the idiom "to hold mouth" (meaning 'to keep the fast'. Cf. Agul сивин ваз 'month of the fast' (= 'month of mouth').