clever
→
old (vs. young)
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1193 | young | ↔ | stupid | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | awaḳi | |
| Meaning 1 | intelligent, wise, knowledgeable, expert | səra awaḳi 'skilled artisan'; yäfäränsawi täwälaǧ yähonä and awaḳi əndih alä 'one wise (man) of French origin said as follows...' (Tarikenna messale 4) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | full-grown, adult, elder | həṣanu awaḳiw arogitu s̆əmagəlle... yäsäw aynät näw yämmitayəbbät ṭəḳur anbäsa 'a child, a grown-up person, an old woman, an old man... - this is the kind of people one can see at Tequr anbesa hospital'; kähəṣanənnät əskä awaḳi säw 'from infancy up to (the age of a) grown-up man' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | K 1271; cp. awwäḳä 'to know' (K 1269) | |