to fall down
→
cheap
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| 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 | ||
Also Italian abbassarsi 'to go down' and 'to become cheap'