hot → friendly, amicable 3 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme yägalä
meaning 1 hot (griddle)
direction →
meaning 2 warm (welcome) yägalä sälamta 'warm greetings'
reference
comment (K 1877; Gankin 1969:757)
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Japanese
lexeme 1 atsui (暑い)
lexeme 2 atsui (厚い)
meaning 1 hot (weather, etc.); warm
direction →
meaning 2 kind; cordial; hospitable; warm; faithful
reference
comment EDICT. They are written in different hieroglyphs which however have the same reading and presumably they are etymologically identical.
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Mongolian (Khalkha)
lexeme haluun
meaning 1 hot халуун ус
hot water
direction →
meaning 2 close, hearty 1) халуун хань нөхөр
1) intimate, close friend 2) friendship, affect
reference
comment БАМРС. Халуун means hot, not just warm.

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