to stand
→
to help, aid
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | ḳomä | |
| meaning 1 | to stand, be on one's feet, be erect | bäṭatu ḳomä ‘to stand on tiptoe’ |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to protect, assist | läsäfiw həzb ḳomä 'to provide support to the broad masses' |
| reference | ||
| comment | (K 805). In the meaning B probably always demands the preposition lä 'for' or a marker of benefactive. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme 1 | sto, -are | |
| lexeme 2 | assisto, -ere | |
| meaning 1 | to stand | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to help, aid | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||