knot
→
contract
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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' |
| Meaning 2 | 'contract, pact, treaty, agreement' | wəl gäbba 'to make a contract, an agreement' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | K 1477 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | ʕaḳd- | |
| Meaning 1 | 'a knot, a tie' | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | 'a contract, a compact, a covenant, an agreement, a league, a treaty' | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Lane 2105; it is rarely used in meaning A, the primary use is that of 'node' - ʕuḳdat- (Lane 2106) | |