bowels, intestine → seat of emotions 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme ḳʷäšt
meaning 1 large intestine; rectum
direction →
meaning 2 seat of emotions ḳʷäšt arrärä 'to fume with helpless rage; to be seared by grief (heart)' (lit. the intestine became seared'; ḳʷäšt andəd 'source of vexation'
reference
comment (K 760)
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme anǧät, anžät
meaning 1 viscera, intestine(s), entrails, bowels, guts yanǧät həmäm ‘colic (lit. disease of intestines)’; wäfram anǧät ‘large intestine’
direction →
meaning 2 seat of emotions ang̈ätun bällaw ‘to take pity on s.o., to rouse, stir up, move s.o. deeply (a situation, a sight)’; ang̈ätu ḳəbe ṭäṭṭa ‘to be extremely pleased’ (lit. ‘his intestines drank butter’), anǧät yälläš ‘heartless’
reference
comment (K 1244).
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Kannada
lexeme karuḷ, karaḷu, karḷu, kaḷḷu
meaning 1 an entrail, the bowels
direction →
meaning 2 love
reference DEDR: 118
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