low (location) → low (social) 8 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme zəḳḳətäñña
meaning 1 low zəḳḳətäñña agär 'lowland ' (K 1639);
direction →
meaning 2 humble, inferior mängäd mäṭräg zəḳḳətäñña səra näw 'street cleaning is a humble occupation';
reference
comment K 1639.
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Ancient Hebrew
lexeme šāpāl
meaning 1 low wə-yādəʕū kol-ʕăṣē ha-śśāde kī ʔănī yhwh hišpaltī ʕēş gābiăg higbahtī ʕēṣ šāpāl;
Hez. 17:24: 'and all the trees learned that I, Yahwe, felled the high tree, made high the low tree';
direction →
meaning 2 of little worth ū-nəḳallotī ʕōd mizzōt wə-hāyītī šāpāl bə-ʕēyāy wə-ʕim-hāʔămāhōt ʔăšer ʔāmartə ʕimmām ʔikkābēdā
Sam. II 6:22: 'and I will make myself despicable more than that and I will become worthless in my own eyes, but with the girls that you have spoken of, with them I will be respected'
reference
comment (HALAT 1506-07). Cp. Accadian špl 'to be low; to become humble', IV 'to be humbled' (CAD 427):aššapil ina ṣābi ‘I became low among the people’; iššapil atmûa ‘my speech became humble’.
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Derivation
language Geez
lexeme 1 tāḥtāy
lexeme 2 təḥut
meaning 1 lower, inferior (LGz. 572) {derivation} kanfaru tāḥtāy yaʕabbi 'his lower lip is big' (LLA 554);
direction →
meaning 2 abused, inferior, rejected, ignoble, contemptible' (LGz. 572) rāʔyu mənnun wa-təḥut ʔəm-kʷəllu sabʔ 'his appearance is more despicable and contemptible that of any person' (Jes. 53:3)
reference
comment (LGz. 572). Morphologically,tāḥtāy is more complex than təḥut. However, it is more than probable that the meaning A was also originally present in təḥut, eventually ousted by the meaning B. From proto-Semitic *tḥt 'to be low'
NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Khmer
lexeme tiəp (ទាប)
meaning 1 to be low (location)
direction →
meaning 2 to be low, vile, vulgar, common
reference SEAlang Khmer
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Latin
lexeme humilis
meaning 1 low arbor humilis 'a low tree'
direction →
meaning 2 poor, ignoble humiles et obscuri homines 'humble and obscure people';
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme низкий (nizkij)
meaning 1 low низкие потолки
low ceilings
direction —
meaning 2 contemptible человек низкого происхождения
a person of low origin
reference BAS
comment
NEW Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme низак (nizak)
meaning 1 low (location) низак плафон
low ceiling
direction →
meaning 2 low (social) најнижи слој
the lowest social class
reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 834
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme alçak
meaning 1 low alçak dağ
low mountain
direction →
meaning 2 mean, despicable alçağadam
reference Jusipova 2005
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