bowels, intestine → close (of relations) 1 realization Unique
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme anǧät, anžät
meaning 1 viscera, intestine(s), entrails, bowels, guts wäfram anǧät ‘large intestine’
direction →
meaning 2 close (of relations) anǧäte näw 'he is my love, he is my bosom companion' (lit. 'he is my bowels'); yanǧät wädaǧ 'close friend' (lit. 'friend of bowels')
reference
comment (K 1244)

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