guest
—
stranger, foreign
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 5202 | guest | — | host | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | əngəda | |
| Meaning 1 | guest, visitor | əngədaw diplomat 'the visiting diplomat'; |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | stranger | ay əmmamma əngəda mähonəwo näw? 'aie, mother, are you becoming a stranger to us?' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (K 1249); the Ethio-Semitic root *ngd has the meaning 'to travel, to trade', so the meaning 'foreign, strange' is probably primary here. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Gamo | |
| Lexeme | ʕimmattsé | |
| Meaning 1 | guest | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | stranger | |
| Reference | Hayward 2000: 637 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | hospes | |
| Meaning 1 | guest, visitor | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | stranger, foreign | |
| Reference | Lewis, Short | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Oromo | |
| Lexeme | keessummaa | |
| Meaning 1 | guest | Keessummaakoo naa ta'i 'Be my guest' Yoo biyya hinbeekne d'aqanii keessummaa ta'u 'If one goes to a country he doesn't know, he becomes a stranger' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | stranger | |
| Reference | Gragg 1982: 246 | |
| Comment | ||
On this shift in the Ethio-Eritrean area, see Hayward 2000:637.