salt good 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Derivation
Language Akkadian
Lexeme 1 ṭābtu
Lexeme 2 ṭâbu
Meaning 1 salt
Direction
Meaning 2 to become good, pleasant, sound, sweet
Reference CAD: ṭ 10, 34
Comment From Proto-Semitic *ṭyb 'to have a good smell; to be good' (cf. reflexes in Arabic and Hebrew).
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Classical Arabic
Lexeme malīḥ-
Meaning 1 salty māʔ-un malīḥ-un ; ḳalīb-un malīḥ-un
salt water
Direction
Meaning 2 goodly, beautiful
Reference Lane: 2732-2733
Comment Cf. milḥ-un ‘salt’ (Lane 2732). The meaining B develops into 'beautiful', cf. beautiful -> good.
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Tigrinya
Lexeme č̣äw
Meaning 1 salt č̣äw mägbi
table salt
Direction
Meaning 2 comeliness č̣äw zälläwo
pleasant, charming (lit. 'who has salt')
Reference TED: 2524
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