wet
→
good
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | pacappu | |
| meaning 1 | moisture | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wealth, prosperity | |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 2396 | |
| comment | the same lexeme means "green", cf. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | rəḥus | |
| meaning 1 | moist, damp, muggy | bəsänki nəḳuṣ yənäddəd rəḥus 'on account of dry [sticks] wet [ones] will burn' (KT 1320) |
| meaning 2 | rich, prosperous, blessed | rəḥus ʕawdä ʕamät; 'happy holiday!, happy New Year!' ; |
| reference | ||
| comment | (KT 541) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | ṭəlul | |
| meaning 1 | 'wet, moist, damp' | |
| meaning 2 | pleasant, refreshing; blessed, productive (journey), correct, accurate | ṭəlul wärä; 'good news'; |
| reference | ||
| comment | KT 2399 | |