to tie
→
to conceive, become pregnant
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | ḳʷaṭṭärä | |
| meaning 1 | to tie | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to be gravid (animal) | |
| reference | AED: 834 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | ḳʷaṣärä | |
| meaning 1 | to knot, tie tightly | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to conceive | ḳʷaṣärät 'she conceived, has become pregnant' |
| reference | ||
| comment | (KT 1063). | |
Cf. also Proto-Central-Semitic ḥbl ‘to be pregnant’, likely related to PS ḥabl ‘rope’ (Kogan 2015:189)