back (body part)
→
loins
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | ṣulb- | |
| meaning 1 | back; back-bone, any portion of the back containing vertebrae | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | loins | hāʔulāʔi ʔabnāʔ-u ṣilabat-i-him These are the sons of their loins. |
| reference | Lane: 1712 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigre | |
| lexeme | ʕeṣāt | |
| meaning 1 | back (of men and animals) | ʔabbara ʔabuka ʔəllā dannat tā ʕeṣātu Now your father has grown old, his back is bent. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | loin(s), waist | ḥənǧur haye ʔəb ʕəndāḳat bet la-soṭāl la-ʕeṣātu ʔasək ʔaze ḳaṭṭān hallet And because of its girdling itself with the dagger-scabbard, the waist of the wasp is thin. |
| reference | WTS: 491 | |
| comment | ||