flower
→
menstruation
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme 1 | abäba | |
| lexeme 2 | yäwär abäba | |
| meaning 1 | flower, blossom | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | menses (lit. flower of the month) | yäwär abäba yänäṭṭäfäč 'woman who has reached menopause' |
| reference | ||
| comment | (K 1197-98). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme 1 | ṣəgä | |
| lexeme 2 | ṣəggəyat | |
| meaning 1 | flower pollen; flowers | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | menstruation, menses | |
| reference | ||
| comment | cf. also ṣägäya 'to polllinate, to bud; to flower, bloom; to menstruate' (KT 2622) | |