clean (adj.)
→
beautiful
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Adyghe | |
| Lexeme | qabze | |
| Meaning 1 | clean | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | beautiful | кIэлэ къабз handsome young man |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | АдРС 167 | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme | kirei (奇麗) | |
| Meaning 1 | clean | 歯をきれいに磨きなさい Brush your teeth clean. |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | beautiful | その姉妹の２人ともきれいだ Both sisters are pretty. |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | EDICT. The dictionaries usually list "beautiful" as the first meaning, but historically the change direction could be the opposite one. | |