wine
→
purple
2 realizations
FAMILY: Afro-Asiatic
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 10350) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme 1 | wäyn ṭäğğ | |
| lexeme 2 | yäwäyn ṭäğğ | |
| meaning 1 | wine | wäyn ṭäğğ mäṭäṭat əwäddallähu I like to drink wine. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wine, wine-color; purple | əhəte yäwäyn ṭäğğ šurab təwäddalläčč My sister likes purple sweaters. |
| reference | Leslau 1973: 1001, 1477 AED: 2179 | |
| comment | According to the Amharic informant, the term means 'pink'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 9605) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Classical Arabic | |
| language 2 | Amharic | |
| lexeme 1 | ḫamr- (خَمْر) | |
| lexeme 2 | hamrawi | |
| meaning 1 | wine | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | pink, purple, clear red color, bay (horse), a kind of cloth | |
| reference | Lane: 809 AED: 7 | |
| comment | The borrowing was possibly via Ge'ez, where the derivation was like ḫamr- --> ḫamrāwi (with the adjectival suffix -āwi). However, in Ge'ez both the noun and the adjective are practically out of use (though they are present in the dictionary of a local author). Cf. Also the Arabic ḫamriyy- 'a colour resembling the colour of wine' [Lane 809]. | |