straight
→
to flourish, prosper
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | ratʕa | |
| Meaning 1 | be (become) straigth, be straightened | ṭawāy ʔi-yətkahal ratiʕa ‘the crooked cannot become straight’ (Koh. 1:15) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | be successful, prosper, be proper | waʔəmkama ṣədḳ(a) makara yərattəʕ kəbru ba-samayāt ‘and since you advised righteous things, your glory will succeed in heaven’ (d’Abbadie 1860:2) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | LGz. 475 | |