to clean
→
to circumcise
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | 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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