palate
→
to chew
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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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. |