bowels, intestine
—
penis
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Akkadian | |
| language 2 | Soqotri | |
| lexeme | umandu | |
| meaning 1 | part of human insides | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | wa-tóˀo ḥéḷob ˁag díˀʸheʰ eˀḷhíten fatéṭaˁ wa-ḳö́ṣaf meʸh ḥaym (CSOL I 19:14) When he (the younger brother) was milking his cows, he uncovered himself, and he (the elder brother) cut off his penis. |
| reference | AHw.: 1412 CSOL I: 569 | |
| comment | From PS *ḥVmm(-at)- 'breast, stomach, entrails' (SED I No. 119). Cf. also Tgr., Tna. ḥəmməto 'a dish of entrails cut to pieces' (WTS 62, Bass. 40). Lexeme A probably stems from *ḥum(a)m-t- (but -nd- < -mt- is not uncommon for SB period [GAG 29]). |
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| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swahili | |
| lexeme | jengelele | |
| meaning 1 | small intestines | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | Polikanov | |
| comment | ||