back (body part)
→
loins
2 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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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 | ||
Comment | (Lane 1712). |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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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 | ||
Comment | (LH 491). |