hungry
→
greedy
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 8023 | throat | → | greedy | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tuvan | |
| Lexeme | ажамык | |
| Meaning 1 | hungry | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | greedy | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | säbbəʕe | |
| Meaning 1 | to be starved, be very hungry | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to be greedy, stingy | |
| Reference | TED: 709 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Mehri | |
| Language 2 | Soqotri | |
| Lexeme 1 | əḳətérūd | |
| Lexeme 2 | enḳárid | |
| Meaning 1 | to go hungry for the sake of others (a mother with hungry children) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to be avid, greedy, covetous | |
| Reference | ML: 234-235 | |
| Comment | Cf. Mhr. ḳard (ML 234) and Jib. ḳɛrd 'throat' (JL 148), əḳətérəd ‘to go hungry’ (id.). |
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