womb, uterus
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origin
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigre | |
| lexeme | rəḥəm | |
| meaning 1 | uterus, womb | məkkə̣ʔel ṣābəṭ ʔal-ʔarḥām tu, təwalləd wa-la-makānu Michael is the protector of wombs (=women), both those giving birth and childless |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | origin | wa-hətu mən rəḥəm ʔarabi He is of Arabic origin |
| reference | ||
| comment | LH 146; the term goes back to the Protosemitic word meaning 'womb' | |