strong difficult 4 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Derivation
Language Akkadian
Lexeme 1 dannu
Lexeme 2 dannatu
Meaning 1 strong
Direction
Meaning 2 famine, distress, hard times

mātam dannatum iṣabbat-ma ḫušaḫḫum ibbašši (YOS 10 56 i 21)


Distress will befall the country, there will be famine.

Reference CAD: d 87-92
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Cognates
Language 1 Ancient Hebrew
Language 2 Akkadian
Lexeme 1 ˀmṣ
Lexeme 2 emēṣu
Meaning 1 to be strong
Direction
Meaning 2 to be hungry
Reference HALOT: 65 Kogan 2015: 280-281
Comment

Cf. Ugr. ˀamṣ 'strong' (DUL 74). The idea behind the shift is that people undergo severe hardships during the period of famine.

ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Nivkh
Lexeme маӈгдь
Meaning 1 to be strong
Direction
Meaning 2 to be difficult
Reference Savel'eva, Taksami 1970: 175
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ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Turkish
Lexeme güç
Meaning 1 strong; force, power, energy kas gücü
muscle strength
Direction
Meaning 2 difficult güç bir duruma düşmek
to come to a difficult situation
Reference Baskakov 1977: 361
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