dry
→
obstinate, persistent
3 realizations
GROUP: Ethiosemitic
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 6562) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | däräḳ | |
| meaning 1 | dry, dried, dried-out | däräḳ ənč̣ät dry wood |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | stubborn, persistent (person) | däräḳ balagär stubborn peasant |
| reference | AED: 1744 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 (ID: 51594) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | däräḳ | |
| meaning 1 | dry, arid, stony (soil), dry (grain) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | unyielding, stubborn | |
| reference | TED: 2079 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 6563) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme 1 | nəḳuṣ | |
| lexeme 2 | näḳaṣ | |
| meaning 1 | dry, dried, dried up | bəsänki nəḳuṣ yənäddəd rəḥus On account of dry [sticks] wet [ones] will burn. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | harsh, hard, tough; obstinate, pigheaded, self-willed, stiffnecked, stubborn | |
| reference | TED: 1320 | |
| comment | ||