The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

palate → to chew 1 realization Unique

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

ACCEPTED Realization 1
type		Cognates
language 1		Classical Arabic
language 2		Geez
lexeme 1		ḥanak-
lexeme 2		ḥanaka
meaning 1	palate, soft palate
direction	→
meaning 2	to munch, to chew, to eat
reference		Lane: 659 CDG: 237
comment		From PWS *ḥVnVk-, *ḥink- 'palate' (SED I No. 124; Kogan 2015: 84). The nominal root itself is not attested in Ethio-Semitic (Geez), but the semantic shift 'palate' > 'to munch, to chew' is unproblematic, anyway.