moon
→
to count
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 5841 | moon | → | calendar | Open |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Arabic | |
| language 2 | Geez | |
| lexeme 1 | قَمَر qamar- | |
| lexeme 2 | qamara | |
| meaning 1 | moon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to count, compute, number, divide | |
| reference | CDG: 432 Baranov | |
| comment | Cf. also Tna. qämärä ‘compute, reckon by the calendar’ (TED I 913)
Amh. qämmärä ‘compute, carry out’ (AED I 701). The verb is perhaps a denominative from qamar ‘moon’ which serves in the
computation (CDG 432). |
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The motivation of the shift was probably as follows: moon -> to compute moon's phases -> to count. The Moon serves in the computation, and a calendar was based on it.