can, to be able
→
to endure
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Geez | |
| Language 2 | Tigre | |
| Lexeme 1 | kəhla | |
| Lexeme 2 | kahala | |
| Meaning 1 | to be able, to be capable (LLA 813) | za zanta gabra kʷəllo yəkəl Sirah 50:29 "the one who did that can do everything" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to stand, to bear | fadāb la-ʕagab ʔi-ləkəhəl strong people cannot stand violence |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Both meanings are present also in the Amharic cognate čalä 'to be able, can; to endure, withstand' (K 1004) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigre | |
| Lexeme | daḳba | |
| Meaning 1 | to be able | dạʔam la-ḥašil la-ḥesāsom la-satā ʔəgəl ləsrar ʔi-daḳba 'but the jackal who drank their butter could not jump' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to endure | kəm waddekka dayo ʔəkkit ʔi-tədḳabbā 'do to him as he does to you, do not endure the evil' (PPEA III, L. 334:3) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LH 525). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tofa | |
| Lexeme | шыда | |
| Meaning 1 | can, to be able | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to endure | шыдаар аът hardy horse |
| Reference | Rassadin 2016: 550 | |
| Comment | ||