hair
→
respect (n.)
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| comment | (KT 2616-2617). Cp. also ṣägʷəram 'dignified, stately, honored' (KT 2617). | |
through hair - luck (luck > richness > respectability)