salt
↔
good
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Akkadian | |
| lexeme 1 | ṭābtu | |
| lexeme 2 | ṭâbu | |
| meaning 1 | salt | |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | to become good, pleasant, sound, sweet | |
| reference | CAD: ṭ 10, 34 | |
| comment | From Proto-Semitic *ṭyb 'to have a good smell; to be good' (cf. reflexes in Arabic and Hebrew). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | malīḥ- | |
| meaning 1 | salty | māʔ-un malīḥ-un ; ḳalīb-un malīḥ-un salt water |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | goodly, beautiful | |
| reference | Lane: 2732-2733 | |
| comment | Cf. milḥ-un ‘salt’ (Lane 2732). The meaining B develops into 'beautiful', cf. beautiful -> good. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | č̣äw | |
| meaning 1 | salt | č̣äw mägbi table salt |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | comeliness | č̣äw zälläwo pleasant, charming (lit. 'who has salt') |
| reference | TED: 2524 | |
| comment | ||