bitter → angry 4 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Adyghe
lexeme дыджы (dǝǯǝ)
meaning 1 bitter
direction —
meaning 2 wicked, adust
reference Shaov 1975: 71
comment АдРС 71
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Geez
lexeme marir
meaning 1 bitter marira kona mes (Jes. 24:9)
the honey got bitter
direction →
meaning 2 cruel, fierce ḥəzb marirān (Hab. 1:6); marirāna nafs (Jud. 18:25)
cruel people, cruel in their souls
reference
comment A common Semitic root *mrr, in nearly all Semitic languages it combines both meanings A and
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Swahili
lexeme uchungu
meaning 1 bitterness, bitter taste
direction →
meaning 2 rage
reference
comment Polikanov
NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Zulu
lexeme baba
meaning 1 to be bitter
direction —
meaning 2 to be irascible, irritable
reference Луцков А.Д. Зулу-Русский словарь 2014: 13
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