can, to be able
→
strong
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme 1 | kǝhla | |
| Lexeme 2 | kahāli | |
| Meaning 1 | can, be able, have power, be valid | kʷǝllo ya-təkəl ʔədeka la-gabir 'all that you hand can do' (Eccl. 9:10) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | mighty, strong | ṣənuʕ wa-kahāli ’strong and mighty’ (Ruth 2:1); za-kona kahāle ba-ḳālu wa-ba-məgbāru ‚who is strong in his word and in his deed’ (Luc. 24:19) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LLA 812-813). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | valeo | |
| Meaning 1 | to be in power, to be able | quae enumerare vales 'everything that you can enumerate' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to be strong | dextrae ad caedendum valent; |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | moč' | |
| Lexeme 2 | mošč' | |
| Meaning 1 | to be able | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | power, possession of force as the source of supremacy | a. Государственная мощь 'the national might'. b. Военная мощь 'the military might'. |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Vasmer: The Proto-Slav. *moktь from *mogo§ "I can"; related to the Got. mahts "might, force", Old High Germ., Mid. High Germ. maht - the same. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Tigre | |
| Lexeme 1 | daḳba | |
| Lexeme 2 | dāḳəb | |
| Meaning 1 | to be able, to endure | dạʔam la-ḥašil la-ḥesāsom la-satā ʔəgəl ləsrar ʔi-daḳba 'but the jackal who drank their butter could not jump' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | strong | dāḳəb wazāwəzakka 'the strong one shakes you' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LH 525). | |