to clean
→
to circumcise
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | ṭahhara (طَهَّرَ) | |
| meaning 1 | to purify | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to circumcise | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swahili | |
| lexeme | tohara | |
| meaning 1 | (ritual) cleanliness, purity | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | circumcision | |
| reference | Polikanov Rechenbach 1967 | |
| comment | mtohara 'circumcised person', -tahiri 'to circumcised'. Borrowed from Arabian. |
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