bird → happiness, luck 2 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Cognates
language 1 Classical Arabic
language 2 Wolane
lexeme 1 ṭayr-
lexeme 2 ṭur
meaning 1 bird (oiseau)' (BK II 129, Lane 1904, LA IV 508)
direction →
meaning 2 'good fortune, luck' (LGur. 630)
reference
comment via the meaning 'to tell fortune (by observing the flight of birds)'; see SED II No. 235. Both meanings are found also in some other Semitic cognates
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme ʕuf, ʕof, ʕif
meaning 1 'bird, fowl'
direction →
meaning 2 'luck, good fortune'
reference
comment KT 1949. For etymology see SED II No. 48.

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