dry
→
obstinate, persistent
2 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Amharic | |
Lexeme | däräḳ | |
Meaning 1 | 'dry, dried, dried-out' | däräḳ ənč̣ät 'dry wood' |
Meaning 2 | 'stubborn, persistent (person)' | däräḳ balagär; 'stubborn peasant'; |
Reference | ||
Comment | (K 1744); сf. also Tigrinya.däräḳ 'dry, arid, stony (soil), dry (grain); unyielding, stubborn' (KT 2079) |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Tigrinya | |
Lexeme 1 | nəḳuṣ | |
Lexeme 2 | nḳaṣ | |
Meaning 1 | 'dry, dried, dried up' | bəsänki nəḳuṣ yənäddəd rəḥus 'on account of dry [sticks] wet [ones] will burn' (KT 1320) |
Meaning 2 | 'harsh, hard, tough; obstinate, pigheaded, self-willed, stiffnecked, stubborn' (KT 1320) | |
Reference | ||
Comment | (KT 1320) |