clean (adj.)
—
healthy
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigre | |
| Lexeme | nagā | |
| Meaning 1 | to be pure, clean, bright | ʔət balamāt lāṣəḥat mā ʕedo nāgyat wok ʔət kis məšəmmāʕ ḥaddis räč̣č̣əḳḳo ‘he kneads it in a clean calf’s skin or in a pure sheep skin or in a new canvas sack’ |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to be sound, recovering | gofkā ʔi-lənge 'let you body not be sound, well' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LH 342). The cognate in Arabic means 'to be free', which can be the source meaning both for A and B. | |