language
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to quarrel
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Khoekhoe | |
| lexeme 1 | gòwà {gowa} n. | |
| lexeme 2 | gòwà {gowa} vi. | |
| meaning 1 | language | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to quarrel, to argue | |
| reference | Haacke Khoekhoe 2002: 43 | |
| comment | It's one word in two morphological forms: verb intransitive and noun, masculine. The noun is used in the name of the language: Khoekhoe or Khoekhoegowab. Surface realization: conversion. Other meanings from the same root: to argue/ to talk into; advocate; mediator; to speak for/ on behalf of, etc. |
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