bowels, intestine
→
close (of relations)
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Amharic | |
Lexeme | anǧät, anžät | |
Meaning 1 | viscera, intestine(s), entrails, bowels, guts | wäfram anǧät ‘large intestine’ |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | 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) |