to smell bad
—
to rot, putrefy
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | ṣeʔa | |
| Meaning 1 | 'have a bad smell, stink’ | za-yəṣayyəʔ ʔafuhu 'whose mouth stinks' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | 'rot, putrefy' | ṣeʔa ḳʷəsalihu 'his wounds putrefied' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LGz. 567, LLA 1309f.); both meanings in the cognates in Tna. (KT 2611), Tgr. (to spoil (v.i.); to stink); in the Gurage (LGur. 192) only the meaning A is quoted. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Geez | |
| Language 2 | Tigre | |
| Lexeme 1 | fəgug | |
| Lexeme 2 | faggaga | |
| Meaning 1 | ‘foul, fetid, rank’ (LGz. 156, LLA 1383) | ṣenā ṭis fəguga ʔəlla yəśəʕəyu; (Wis. 11:18): ‘that dissipate the vile smell of smoke’; |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | 'to putrify, to rot' (LH 675) | |
| Reference | ||
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