forehead → happiness, luck 1 realization Unique
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme gənbar, gəmbar
meaning 1 forehead, brow gənbar ḳʷaṭṭärä 'to frown' (to knot one's brow)
direction →
meaning 2 fortune, luck gənbar yälelläw 'unlucky, unfortunate' (lit. who has no forehead); gəmbaru bərtu näw 'he is very lucky' (lit. his forehead is strong)
reference
comment (K 2003)

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