land (vs. sea)
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bottom
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | mədr | |
| Meaning 1 | land, earth | wa-samayo ʔəgzəʔabəḥer la-yabs mədra wa-la-məʔlādātihu la-māy samayo bāḥra (Gen. 1:10) 'and God called the dry place land, and he called the gatherings of the water sea'; mədra kona (Jud. 5:18) 'it became earth' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bottom | mədra gəbb (Dan. 6:24) 'the bottom of the pit'; mədra bāḥr 'the bottom of the sea' (Job 38:16) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LLA 217) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | Boden | |
| Meaning 1 | earth, soil | vom Schiff aus festen Boden betreten 'to come down from the ship to the firm ground' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bottom (of a cointainer, sea, river, etc.) | ein Glas bis auf den Boden leeren 'to drink the glass to the bottom' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | Grund | |
| Meaning 1 | earth, soil | auf eigenem Grund und Boden leben 'to live upon one's own land' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bottom (of the sea etc.) | auf den Boden sinken 'to go to the bottom, to drown' |
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