The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

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ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

ACCEPTED Realization 1
type		Derivation
language		Navajo
lexeme 1		hwííshgháán
lexeme 2		Ghąąjįʼ
meaning 1	one’s back
direction	→
meaning 2	October
reference		<personally collected data>
comment		hwííshgháán 'one’s back' + -jįʼ 'against it' Ghąąjįʼ is considered the first month of the Navajo calendar, and back-to-back refers to the interface between the end of the preceding year and the beginning of the new one. Compare Western Apache Ghąązhįʼ 'October, lying side-by-side'.