life
→
death
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | ədme | |
| meaning 1 | life | ədme ləkkʷan all her life |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | death, end of life | yäʔaṣe yohannəs ədme siṭäbbəḳu noru (Gebre-Igziabiher Eylyas – Movaer 1994:10, 305) He (Menilik) was waiting for the death of Emperor Yoḥannəs. |
| reference | AED: 1301 (only the meaning A) | |
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| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Soqotri | |
| lexeme | ʕed | |
| meaning 1 | life | kése díʔyhe fáʕhɛr ʕad be-ʕed (CSOL I 8:55) He found his bull still alive. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | end of life, death | gédaḥ díʔyho ʕed (CSOL II 1:77) My life is gone (lit. ‘my end of life has come’). |
| reference | CSOL I: 485 CSOL II: 401 | |
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