to sing
—
to dance
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Syncretism | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | zäffänä | |
| meaning 1 | to sing | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to dance, move the head in time to rhythm, to clap the hands in time to the music | |
| reference | ||
| comment | (K 1684). Rather 'to dance and sing' | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Jarawara | |
| lexeme | ayaka | |
| meaning 1 | sing, especially men's singing. | E ayaki tamarihi, e hiyara, nabanake We won't sing many songs, instead we will talk |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | dance | Me ayaka naba They danced through the night |
| reference | ||
| comment | JED 56. | |