to hear
→
witness
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme | samʕa | |
| meaning 1 | to hear | bakama samāʕkəmu ba-ʔəzanikəmu (Jer. 33:11) As you heard with your ears. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to be a witness, to testify | gəbra ḥawāryāt təsamməʕ kama warada manfas ḳəddus ba-ʔamsāla ləsānāta ʔəsāt The Acts of the Apostels testify that the Holy Spirit descended in the image of the tongues of flame. |
| reference | LLA: 336-337 CDG: 501 | |
| comment | Cf. also samāʕt 'testis' (witness) (LLA 339). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Khoekhoe | |
| lexeme 1 | ǁnâu | |
| lexeme 2 | ǁnâuǃgâ-ao | |
| meaning 1 | to hear | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | witness | |
| reference | Haacke Khoekhoe 2002: 288 | |
| comment | ||