word
→
thing
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1991 | word | — | matter, affair | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Hebrew | |
| Lexeme | dābār | |
| Meaning 1 | word | dābār ṭōb (Ps 45:2) 'a good word' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | matter; thing, something | kol dābār ʔăšer bāʔāreṣ (Ju 18:10) 'each thing which is on earth' |
| Reference | HAL: 211 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | nagar | |
| Meaning 1 | speech, talk, word, language | ʔi-tāwṣəʔ nagara za-samāʕka (Sirach 19:10) 'Do not let go out the word that you have heard. ' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | thing, affair | bonu nagar za-yəssaʔano la-ʔəgziʔabəḥer (Gen. 18:14) 'Is there a thing which is impossible for God?' |
| Reference | CDG: 392 LLA: 690-691 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | ḳāl | |
| Meaning 1 | word, word, saying, speech | yəsamməʕā ḳāləya (Joh. 10:16) 'they hear my word' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | thing | kʷəllu ḳāl za-tafaṭra wəsta mədr (Ju 18:10) 'every thing which has been created on earth' |
| Reference | CDG: 426 LLA: 450-451 | |
| Comment | The meaning 'word' is original (cf. LLA). The same polysemy in the cognates in practically all Gurage languages (EDG 474). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Chaha | |
| Lexeme | zänga | |
| Meaning 1 | public discussion; language | yä-с̌äha məs y-inor məs yəzräk’-ən zänga däpitä ebäda ' A man of Chaha does not completely understand the language of Inor.' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | thing | nəḳḳar yətbetärwä zänga enä 'There is not a thing by which they differ very much.' |
| Reference | EDG I: 134-135 Leslau 1983: 25-26 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language | Polish | |
| Lexeme | rzecz | |
| Meaning 1 | speech, conversation | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | thing | |
| Reference | Sakhno 2009 | |
| Comment | Cf. Slovene reč "thing" | |