to move quickly → to become ready (of food) 1 realization Unique
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Wolane
lexeme fäṭänä
meaning 1 be fast, be quick
direction →
meaning 2 be ready (food)
reference LGur.: 250-251
comment Both meanings are present as polysemy or derivation in several Gurage languages (LGur. 250-251). Goes back to Proto-Ethio-Semitic *fṭn 'to be fast, quick'.

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