amazing
—
fearful, dreadful
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | gərum | |
| Meaning 1 | 'wondrous, amazing, marvelous, majestic, tremendous' | wa-labsat ʔalbāsa kəbrā wa-konat gərəmt ''and she was wearing the garments of her glory and she was majestic' (LLA 1154)' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | 'terrible, dreadful, terrifying, awesome, awful, fearful' | gəruma kona [muse] lāʕla ḍar 'Sir. 45:2 'he [Moses] was terrible upon the enemy' (LLA 1154)' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LGz. 203) meaning A has components of meaning B in it (awesome) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme | odoroku (驚く) | |
| Meaning 1 | to be amazed, to be surprized | コンサートがあまりにも早く終わってしまったので私は驚いた。 'I was surprised because the concert ended all too soon.' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to be scared | 彼女は黒猫を見て驚いた |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | EDICT. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme | sugoi (凄い) | |
| Meaning 1 | scary, horrible | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | striking, amazing | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tibetan | |
| Lexeme | ya-re-tsha | |
| Meaning 1 | surprising, wonderful, strange | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | scary, horrible | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Рерих VIII, 227. | |