bitter
→
angry
4 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Swahili | |
Lexeme | uchungu | |
Meaning 1 | bitterness, bitter taste | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | rage | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Polikanov |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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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 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Adyghe | |
Lexeme | dǝǯǝ | |
Meaning 1 | bitter | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | wicked, adust | |
Reference | ||
Comment | АдРС 71 |
NEW Realization 4 | ||
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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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