to set (of Moon, Sun) → to die 2 realizations
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Gagauz
lexeme kauş-
meaning 1 to decline, to go under гÿн каушэр
the sun is going down
direction —
meaning 2 to die
reference
comment ГРМС 257. The word means also "to disapper from the field of view"
NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme ʕaräbä
meaning 1 'to set (sun)'
direction →
meaning 2 'to disappear, vanish, to lose cattle due to illness; to be lost, to perish' bəgulḥay məḵnəyat maläy kʷəllu ʕaribu
'all my cattle have perished on account of an epizootic disease''
reference
comment KT 1847; meaning А is present in other Semitic languages too.

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