to sleep
→
motionless
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | täñña | |
| meaning 1 | 'to sleep' | zäṭäññənna səmmənt säʔat täñta əmmətnässa atmässələmm She does not look like someone who gets up after eight or nine hours of sleep |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | 'to be stagnant (water); to cease, rest (from an activity)' | yätäñña wəha; ‘stagnant water’ |
| reference | ||
| comment | K 985 | |
cf. Тигринья däḳḳäsä 'to sleep': nəʔabboy kəṣəwwəʕo ʔayəḵəʔələn däḳḳisu ʔallommo 'I can't call my father because he is asleep', but also säʕatu däḳḳisu ähis clock has run down' KT 2105