mountain
→
monastery
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme | dabr | |
| meaning 1 | mountain | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | convent, monastery | |
| reference | CDG: 121 | |
| comment | ||
This is the example of lexicalisation in the view of the fact that monasteries are usually built on high ground. In EthSem. languages the name of a monastery looks like "dbr ... (+ sth)".