hair
→
respect (n.)
1 realization
Unique
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 8344) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | ṣägʷri | |
| meaning 1 | hair, fur, tresses | säraḥ ṣägʷri hair-dresser |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | dignity | bäʕal ṣägʷri dignified, stately (person), honored, respected' (lit. 'owner of hair') |
| reference | TED: 2616-2617 | |
| comment | Cf. also ṣägʷəram 'dignified, stately, honored' [TED 2617]. | |
through hair - luck (luck > richness > respectability)