dry
→
having no milk
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | näṭṭäfä | |
| meaning 1 | to dry up, go dry (river, spring in the dry season) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to stop giving milk (cow, nursing mother) | |
| reference | AED: 1076 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | yabs-, yabas- | |
| meaning 1 | dry, dried up, exsiccated | ḥaṭab-un yabs-un dry fire-wood |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | who has no milk | šāt-un yabs-un a ewe, or she-goat, without milk |
| reference | Lane: 2975 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | näḳ̆äṣä | |
| meaning 1 | to become dry, to dry up | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to be dry (cow of milk) | |
| reference | TED: 1319 | |
| comment | ||
Ср. также исл.þurr 'сухой', þurrmjólka 'яловая (о корове)' (Берков).