white
—
good
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | white | |
| Meaning 1 | white | a white dress |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | morally good | He said that he had never claimed to be whiter than white. |
| Reference | Sweetser 1990: 8 | |
| Comment | The meaning B is mostly expressed in the idiom whiter than white 'completely morally good' | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Serbian | |
| Lexeme | бео (beo) | |
| Meaning 1 | white | бела марама, бели цвет white scarf, white flower |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | morally good | бели и црни богови, бела и црна ствар good and evil gods, good and bad things |
| Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 77 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | ṣaʕda | |
| Meaning 1 | 'white' | ṣaʕda ḥəbri 'white colour' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'excellent, good (times)' | ṣaʕda kərämti kärämä 'to spend a good rainy season' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | KT 2608 | |