neck
—
strait
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | angät | |
| Meaning 1 | neck | yämotä ləǧ angätu räǧǧəm näw ‘the dead child’s neck is long’ (saying exemplifying the tendency to magnify a dead person’s good points - a long neck is a sign of beauty) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | narrow pass between two mountains | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (K 1247) | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | αὐχήν | |
| Meaning 1 | neck | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | strait | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||