to fall down → cheap 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Chaha
lexeme wäṭäḳä-m
meaning 1 fall amänägä-m wäṭäḳä-m 'slip out and fall to the ground'
direction →
meaning 2 be cheap äkʷa bäsär gäpa-m wäṭäḳä-m 'today meat was cheap' (lit. 'today meat entered and fell down')
reference
comment (LGur. I 126; LGur. 644). See ibid. for semantic parallels in Highland East Cushitic.
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Kambata
lexeme ub-
meaning 1 fall (down)
direction →
meaning 2 become cheap
reference
comment (Hudson 1989:341); also uba 'cheap' (ibid.). For the semantic parallel in Gurage, cf. LGur. 644.
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme düşmek
meaning 1 to fall down damdan bir keremit düştü
roof tiles fell from the roof
direction →
meaning 2 to become cheap dolar günden güne düşüyor
the dollar is falling every day
reference Jusipova 2005
comment

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