hot
→
to flourish, prosper
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | galä | |
| Meaning 1 | to be red-hot, be red from heating (metal) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to prosper | betu galä 'to have a house which is provided with all the amenities and is in a well-kept, settled state'; aʔmərow galä 'he is very learned' (lit. 'his mind prospered') |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (K 1877) | |