thin (of an object)
→
giraffe
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Amharic | |
Lexeme 1 | ḳäč̣č̣ən | |
Lexeme 2 | ḳäčč̣̣əne | |
Meaning 1 | ‘thin (person, voice, cloth), narrow (ribbon, road)’ (K 839) | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | ‘giraffe; long, slender spear; kind of wheat’ (K 839) | |
Reference | ||
Comment | K 839; cf. ğəratä ḳäč̣č̣ən 'giraffe', lit. 'thin-tailed' (ibid.) |