throat
→
greedy
2 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 852 | hungry | → | greedy | Open |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Arabic | |
| language 2 | Soqotri | |
| lexeme 1 | garad- | |
| lexeme 2 | enḳárid | |
| meaning 1 | back of neck | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to be avid, greedy, covetous | |
| reference | BK: 2 709 | |
| comment | Proto-MSA *ḳard- ‘neck; throat’ (SED I No. 166). Scarcely attested in Arb. and MSA only. Less likely an Arb. loan in MSA in view of meaning differences. In Arb. pay attention to variant roots with g vs. ḳ (?). | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Midob | |
| lexeme | kòrmí | |
| meaning 1 | throat | kòrmí éttihém I cut the throat |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | greedy | kòrm òonûm He is greedy (lit. has a throat) |
| reference | Werner 1993: 100 | |
| comment | ||