stranger, foreign
→
other
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Amharic | |
| language 2 | Chaha | |
| lexeme 1 | əngəda | |
| lexeme 2 | əngʷäd | |
| meaning 1 | stranger, guest, visitor, newcomer | ay əmmamma əngəda mähonəwo näw? 'aie, mother, are you becoming a stranger to us?' |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | other, another | |
| reference | ||
| comment | (K 1249; LGur. I 14). But note that LGur. does not connect the two roots. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Telugu | |
| lexeme | vēṟu (వేఱు) | |
| meaning 1 | foreign | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | other, another | |
| reference | Brown Telugu dictionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | özge | |
| meaning 1 | stranger, foreign | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | other | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 707 | |
| comment | Baskakov believes that 'other' is the primary meaning here. |
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