bitter
→
angry
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| 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 | |
| comment | ||