wet
→
good
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tamil | |
| Lexeme | pacappu | |
| Meaning 1 | moisture | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | wealth, prosperity | |
| Reference | Tamil lexicon: 2396 | |
| Comment | the same lexeme means "green", cf. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | rəḥus | |
| Meaning 1 | moist, damp, muggy | bəsänki nəḳuṣ yənäddəd rəḥus 'on account of dry [sticks] wet [ones] will burn' (KT 1320) |
| Meaning 2 | rich, prosperous, blessed | rəḥus ʕawdä ʕamät; 'happy holiday!, happy New Year!' ; |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (KT 541) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | ṭəlul | |
| Meaning 1 | 'wet, moist, damp' | |
| Meaning 2 | pleasant, refreshing; blessed, productive (journey), correct, accurate | ṭəlul wärä; 'good news'; |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | KT 2399 | |