to tie
→
to conceive, to 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)