forehead happiness, luck 1 realization
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Amharic
Lexeme gənbar, gəmbar
Meaning 1 forehead, brow gənbar ḳʷaṭṭärä 'to frown' (to knot one's brow)
Direction
Meaning 2 fortune, luck gənbar yälelläw 'unlucky, unfortunate' (lit. who has no forehead); gəmbaru bərtu näw 'he is very lucky' (lit. his forehead is strong)
Reference
Comment (K 2003)