envious
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passionate, zealous
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | ḳanʔa | |
| Meaning 1 | to be envious | wa-ʔaṭraya ʔabāgəʕa wa-ʔalhəmta wa-garāwəha bəzuḫa wa-ḳanʔu lāʕlehu sabʔa fələsṭəʔem ‘He came to possess sheep and cows and many fields, and the people of Philistine started to envy him’ (Gen. 26:14 apud LLA 445) |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to be zealous, be eager | ʔəsma ḳanʔa la-ʔamlāku wa-ʔastasraya la-daḳiḳa ʔəsrāʔel ‘because he was zealous for the honor of his God and made atonement for the Israelites’ (Num. 25:13 apud LLA 445); ḳanāʔku lāʕla ʔiyarusālem ʕabiya ḳənʔata (Zach. 1:14 apud LLA 445) ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem’ |
| Reference | LGz.: 433 | |
| Comment | Cf. LLA 445 | |