stranger, foreign → guest 4 realizations
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
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