salt
↔
good
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | |
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