to hear
→
witness
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Geez | |
Lexeme | samʕa | |
Meaning 1 | to hear | bakama samāʕkəmu ba-ʔəzanikəmu |
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' (LLA 337) |
Reference | ||
Comment | (LLA 336-337). Cf. also samāʕt 'testis' (witness) (LLA 339). |