to draw water
→
to imitate
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | ḳädda | |
| meaning 1 | to draw water, to take a liquid from a large container with a small one | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to copy, imitate, mimic; to reproduce, copy, record (on tape), tape | |
| reference | ||
| comment | (K 817). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Gamo | |
| lexeme | duuk'k'ides | |
| meaning 1 | to draw water | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to copy | |
| reference | Hayward 2000: 637 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Oromo | |
| lexeme | waraaba | |
| meaning 1 | to draw water | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to copy | |
| reference | Hayward 2000: 637 | |
| comment | In Gragg 1982:400, only the meaning 'to draw water' is adduced for waraaba, but note sagalee waraabduu 'tape recorder', adduced in Gragg 1982:400. | |
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | идти | |
| lexeme 2 | соитие | |
| meaning 1 | to draw water | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mating, copulation | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
See Hayward 2000:631, 637