to smell bad to rot, putrefy 5 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Geez
lexeme ṣeʔa
meaning 1 to have a bad smell, stink za-yəṣayyəʔ ʔafuhu
whose mouth stinks
direction
meaning 2 to rot, putrefy ṣeʔa ḳʷəsalihu
His wounds putrefied.
reference CDG: 567 LLA: 1309f.
comment Both meanings in the cognates in Tna. (TED 2611), Tgr. ('to spoil (v.i.); to stink'); in the Gurage (EDG 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 ṣenā ṭis fəguga ʔəlla yəśəʕəyu
That dissipate the vile smell of smoke.
direction
meaning 2 to putrify, to rot
reference CDG: 156 LLA: 1383 WTS: 675
comment
NEW Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Khoekhoe
lexeme ǀō {ǀőó}
meaning 1 to smell bad
direction
meaning 2 to rot, putrefy
reference Haacke Khoekhoe 2002: 173
comment
NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Marathi
lexeme ubaṭa
meaning 1 to smell bad
direction
meaning 2 to become musty and mouldy
reference Molesworth 1857: 103
comment

ubaṭa  Musty and mouldy—fruits, grain &c., or the smell of them: foul, fœtid—the air of damp and confined places: smelling or feeling close—a place. 2 Rather hot—water, the body from fever &c. 3 Spoiled through forced or too rapid ripening—fruits.

ubaṭaṇēm v i to become musty and mouldy; to contract a foul smell—fruits, grain &c. 2 To spoil through too rapid ripening; to rot without ripening—fruits.

NEW Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Tofa
lexeme чыдығ
meaning 1 putrid, rotten
direction
meaning 2 stinking, stinky, smelly
reference Rassadin 2016: 514
comment Also verb чыды-