bowels, intestine
→
close (of relations)
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| 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 | 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) | |