meat
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body part
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | ʔabāl | |
| Meaning 1 | flesh, meat | gamadu malelitomu kama śəgā wəsta ṣəhərt wa-kama ʔabāl wəsta maḳṣ́ut ‘they cut their lims like flesh in a pot and like meat in a cauldron’ (Mich. 3,3) |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | limb, body part | ʔəsma yəḫeyyəsakka kama yətḥagʷal ʔaḥadu ʔəm-ʔabāləka ʔəm-ʔabāləka ʔəm-kʷəllu śəgāka ‘for it is better for you if one of your limbs perishes rather than the whole of your flesh’ (Matth. 5:29) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LLA 755) | |