The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

left (vs. right) → bad 2 realizations Multi-area

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2
937		left (vs. right)	→	false, wrong	Open

ACCEPTED Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Amharic
lexeme		gra
meaning 1	'left (direction'	wädä gra alä 'to go to the left, to be on the left'
direction	→
meaning 2	'unfavorable, unlucky (affair, matter); difficult; improper, not customary''	gra honä; 'to be or become bad (food)' (lit. to become left);
reference
comment		K 1924