to be ashamed
→
to respect
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2174 | to fear, be afraid | — | to respect | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | αἰδέομαι | |
| Meaning 1 | to be ashamed | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to stand in awe of, fear | αἰδεῖο θεούς, Ἀχιλεῦ fear gods, Achilles! |
| Reference | LSJ | |
| Comment | (LSJ 35-36). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | ḫafara | |
| Meaning 1 | to blush, be ashamed | ʔaḫaffər ʔānśəʔ gaṣṣəya ‘I am ashamed to raise my face’ (2 Esr. 9:6) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to revere, respect | kama ʔəgziʔtəya ʔəressəyakki waʔaḫaffərakki kama ʔəḫtəya ‘I regard you as my lady and respect you as my sister’ (d'Abbadie 1860:2) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LLA 626); likely a calque from Greek. | |