to clean
→
to baptize
4 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Finongan | |
| lexeme | gonggom | |
| meaning 1 | to wash | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to baptize | Nanak nik te ame gomoeng tangale. Our child was going to be baptised. |
| reference | Rice 2015: 60 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Rengao | |
| lexeme 1 | ʹnhãw | |
| lexeme 2 | nhãw gằl | |
| meaning 1 | to wash ( face) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to baptize (an infant) for the sins of Adam and Eve | |
| reference | Gregerson & Gregerson 2026: 180 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Wantoat | |
| lexeme | saukngämuke | |
| meaning 1 | to wash someone | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to baptize someone | Jesuta apan Jonda yangga saukngamukut Jesus came and John baptized him (Lit. washed him water) |
| reference | Davis, Dangepnana 2012: 114 | |
| comment | ||