rare
↔
expensive
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1418 | expensive | ↔ | dear, darling | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Akkadian | |
| lexeme | aḳru | |
| meaning 1 | rare (animals, plants, stones etc.) | šumma umām ṣēri aḫû aḳru ana libbi āli īrub if a strange, rare wild animal enters the city |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | expensive; precious, valuable | annuku annakam waḳru 14 GÍN.TA u ša šapliš izzaz tin is expensive here, it stands at 14 shekels or less |
| reference | CAD | |
| comment | CAD a 2, 207-208 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Chaha | |
| lexeme | nund | |
| meaning 1 | rare | ḳärši nund bä-räpärä gəzyä ... when money was rare... |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | expensive | |
| reference | EDG I: 85 | |
| comment | The original meaning is 'to love' (hence 'beloved, dear, darling' > 'expensive'). Cf. also tärämädä-m 'to be loved' -> 'to be expensive'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | ʕazīz- | |
| meaning 1 | rare; scarce; hardly to be found | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | dear, highly esteemed, greatly valued | |
| reference | Lane: 2032 | |
| comment | ||