wild boar
→
June
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Motivation | |
| language | Syriac | |
| lexeme 1 | ḥzīrā (ܚܙܝܪܐ) | |
| lexeme 2 | ḥzīrān (ܚܙܝܪܢ) | |
| meaning 1 | boar | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | June | |
| reference | Payne Smith: 137 CAL | |
| comment | ||
by association of Sirius, which rises in the summer, with the boar-god Ninurta (Langdon S. Babylonian Menologies and the Semitic Calendars. 1935, p. 65, 119)