to establish, found
→
mother
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Kannada | |
| lexeme 1 | dhātṛ | |
| lexeme 2 | dhātri | |
| meaning 1 | to establish, found | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mother | |
| reference | Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 551 | |
| comment | Meaning 1: to support, to create, establish, found. Maybe better meaning 1 "to support"? Borrowing from Sanskrit, semantic shift was already there. Monier-Williams p 514: dhātrī 'female supporter', dhātṛ 'establisher, founder, creator'. | |