flower
→
menstruation
2 realizations
GROUP: Ethiosemitic
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 10220) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme 1 | yäwär + abäba | |
| lexeme 2 | yäwär abäba | |
| meaning 1 | flower, blossom + month | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | menses (lit. flower of the month) | yäwär abäba yänäṭṭäfäč woman who has reached menopause |
| reference | AED: 1197-1198 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 7097) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme 1 | ṣəgä | |
| lexeme 2 | ṣəggəyat | |
| meaning 1 | flower pollen; flowers | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | menstruation, menses | |
| reference | TED: 2622 | |
| comment | Cf. also ṣägäya 'to polllinate, to bud; to flower, bloom; to menstruate'. | |