heart
—
happy
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Khwe | |
| lexeme | ǂáó | |
| meaning 1 | heart | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | be happy | |
| reference | Kilian-Hatz, Khwe dictionary. 2003: 177 | |
| comment | The second meaning is 'be happy, be glad'. There are only a few real adjectives in Khwe, and so-called verbs are often used to express these meanings. In some contexts, it's a verb, 'to be happy', while in many cases, it's an adjective, 'a happy person'. |
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