The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

ID	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

Comment
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

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