<weapon> war 6 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 8589)
type Derivation
language Amharic
lexeme ṭor
meaning 1 spear
direction
meaning 2 war yäṭor minister 

ministry of war (obsolete)

reference AED: 2113
comment Cf. also ṭorənnät 'war, battle', the basic word for 'war' (AED 2113).
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 8275)
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme ἀσπίς
meaning 1 shield
direction
meaning 2 battle
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ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 9223)
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)
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ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 9015)
type Derivation
language Classical Arabic
lexeme 1 ḥarb-at- (حَرْبَة)
lexeme 2 ḥarb- (حَرْب)
meaning 1 a dart, or javeline
direction
meaning 2 war, battle, fight

al-ḥarb-u l-ʔahliyy-at-u


civil war

reference Lane: 540-541 BK: I 402
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The original meaning is most likely 'war', although in Arabic itself, the lexeme A is a derivation from the lexeme B (for more see Kogan 2015: 211). Note that the meaning has changed, rather the gender of lexeme still being feminine (ḥarb-).

Cf. also Ancient Hebrew ḥereb 'dagger, short sword' [HALOT 335-36]. One can follow the shift in the Bible as a quasi-synchronical development. And Sab. ḥrb 'to wage war' [SD 69].

arb, arǝb etc. in Gurage languages with the meanings 'battle, war, spear' [EDG 727], and Ugr. ḥrb [DUL 367)]

NEW Realization 5 (ID: 28210)
type Borrowing
language Jibbali
lexeme 1 ḥarbɛt
lexeme 2 oḥúrb
meaning 1 arrow, bayonet
direction
meaning 2 to fight
reference JL: 114
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Both lexemes are borrowed from Arabic independently.

ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 10375)
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 TED: 1649
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