bird
→
to tell a person's fortune
2 realizations
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Classical Arabic | |
| Language 2 | Geez | |
| Lexeme 1 | ṭayr- | |
| Lexeme 2 | taṭayyara | |
| Meaning 1 | a bird | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to divine by observing the flight of birds (LGz. 600; cf. also LLA 1245) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | For these two meanings in other Semitic cognates see SED II No. 235 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Old East Slavic | |
| Lexeme 1 | кобецъ | |
| Lexeme 2 | кобь | |
| Meaning 1 | red-footed falcon | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | telling fortune watching birds | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | The same in other Slavic languages. The direction of the shift is not clear. ЭССЯ 10, 100-101 | |