to set (of Moon, Sun)
→
West
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2068 | to rise (of Moon, Sun) | → | East | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme 1 | ġaraba | |
| Lexeme 2 | ġarb-, maġrib- | |
| Meaning 1 | to set | ġarabati š-šams-u 'the sun set' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | West | |
| Reference | Lane: 2240-2242 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Tigre | |
| Lexeme 1 | wadḳa | |
| Lexeme 2 | məwdāḳ-ṣaḥāy | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall; to set (star) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | west (lit. 'sunset') | məwdāḳ-ṣaḥāy ʔafriḳa 'West Africa' |
| Reference | WTS: 445 Raz 1983: 129 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Malak-Malak | |
| Lexeme | miritjalk | |
| Meaning 1 | sunset, lit. sun+go down | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | West | |
| Reference | Lindsay et al. 2017: 99 | |
| Comment | ||