rope, cord
→
duty, responsibility
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 9383 | to tie | → | duty, responsibility | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Indonesian | |
| lexeme | ikatan | |
| meaning 1 | rope, string; knot; bandle | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | duty, responsibility | |
| reference | Большой индонезийско-русский словарь: I, 324 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Zulu | |
| lexeme | isi-bopho | |
| meaning 1 | rope, string, cord, lashing | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | duty, responsibility | |
| reference | Луцков А.Д. Зулу-Русский словарь 2014: 26 | |
| comment | The word is connected to the verb bopha 'to tie', and isi-bopho means also "connection', so there might be a number of intermediate meanings. | |