can, to be able → to endure 3 realizations
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
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