knot
→
contract, treaty
3 realizations
FAMILY: Afro-Asiatic
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 (ID: 52141) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Akkadian | |
| lexeme | riksu | |
| meaning 1 | tie, band, sash, strap | riksīšu ipṭur (Gilgamesh) loosed the straps of his (clothing). |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | contract, treaty, agreement; edict, decree | riksūya maḫrīka liššaknu-ma Let my contracts be shown to you! |
| reference | CAD: r 345ff. | |
| comment | From rakāsu 'to tie, tie together' [CAD r 91, AHw. 945]. |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 10508) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | wəl | |
| meaning 1 | slip knot or running knot | bä-wəl assärä to tie with a slip knot; to tie well, tie tightly |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | contract, pact, treaty, agreement | wəl gäbba to make a contract, an agreement |
| reference | AED: 1477 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 278) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | ʕaḳd- (عَقد) | |
| meaning 1 | knot, tie | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | contract, compact, covenant, agreement, league, treaty | ʕaḳd-u l-zawāj-i marriage contract |
| reference | Lane: 2105 | |
| comment | Rarely used in meaning A, the primary use is that of 'node' - ʕuḳdat- [Lane 2106]. The same in Modern Written Arabic. | |