bird
→
happiness, luck
2 realizations
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Classical Arabic | |
| Language 2 | Wolane | |
| Lexeme 1 | ṭayr- | |
| Lexeme 2 | ṭur | |
| Meaning 1 | bird (oiseau)' (BK II 129, Lane 1904, LA IV 508) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'good fortune, luck' (LGur. 630) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | via the meaning 'to tell fortune (by observing the flight of birds)'; see SED II No. 235. Both meanings are found also in some other Semitic cognates | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | ʕuf, ʕof, ʕif | |
| Meaning 1 | 'bird, fowl' | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'luck, good fortune' | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | KT 1949. For etymology see SED II No. 48. | |