<weapon>
→
war
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2684 | <weapon> | → | army | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | ἀσπίς | |
| Meaning 1 | shield | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | battle | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | ṭor | |
| Meaning 1 | spear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | war | yäṭor minister 'ministry of war (obsolete)' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (K 2113); cp.als ṭorənnät 'war, battle', the basic word for 'war' (K 2113) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme 1 | ḥarbat- | |
| Lexeme 2 | ḥarb- | |
| Meaning 1 | a dart, or javeline | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | war, battle, fight | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (Lane 540;BK I 402). The original meaning is most likely 'war', although in Arabic itself, the lexeme A is a derivation from the lexeme B. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | δόρυ | |
| Meaning 1 | spear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fight, battle, war | καὶ τὸ δ. καὶ τὸ κηρύκειον πέμπειν 'to offer a choice between the war and the peace negotiotians (Polybius)' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | kʷinat, kʷənat | |
| Meaning 1 | spear | bəkʷənat wäg̣ʔa 'to pearce with a spear' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | war | mək̲nit kʷənat 'casus belli' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (KT 1649) | |