to smell bad bad 2 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Akkadian
Lexeme baʔāšu
Meaning 1 to smell bad ina pīšu ibtanašu
[it] smells bad from his mouth
Direction
Meaning 2 to be of a bad quality ūmka urkû alla maḫrî ibiʔiš
your future is even worse than your past
Reference CAD
Comment CAD b 4. Also note bīšu 'malodorous; of bad quality' (CAD b 270). Meaning B is present in New Babylonian dialect, so it is possible to make claims on evolution. But cf. Fronzaroli (CLCS VII) 1971:605, where both meanings are reconstructed for the PS *bʔš. For congates in Semitic with both meanings cf. http://sed-online.ru/reconstructions/1108.
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme stink
Meaning 1 to stink
Direction
Meaning 2 to be dislikeable
Reference Sweetser 1990: 37
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