tasty
↔
good
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | amärḳi | |
| Meaning 1 | savory, tasty | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | satisfactory, satisfying | amärḳi wəṭet 'a satisfactory result' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (K 182). The primary meaning is A, probably to be connected with məraḳ 'saliva, spittle' (K 182) or märäḳ 'broth, soup, gravy' (K 181). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | țami | |
| Meaning 1 | tasty | |
| Direction | ↔ | |
| Meaning 2 | fascinating, interesting | |
| Reference | Gankin 1969: 813 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Batsbi | |
| Lexeme | čamlĩ | |
| Meaning 1 | tasty | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pleasant (about conversation) | |
| Reference | Bertlani (ed.) 2018: 77 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | bon | |
| Meaning 1 | good | un bon film a good movie |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | tasty | Ce gâteau est très bon. This cake is very tasty. |
| Reference | Larousse online | |
| Comment | ||
Cf. also the Russian вкусный 'tasty', frequently used to describe non-edible phenomena: вкусная книга (lit. 'a tasty book'), вкусно написано (lit. 'tastily written') etc. This use of вкусный is, however, recent, limited to certain cultural phenomena and often viewed as a style mistake or a vulgarism.