heavy (of weight) → expensive 6 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme käbbad
meaning 1 heavy käbbad saṭən
'a heavy box' (Leslau 1973:572)
direction →
meaning 2 high (price) käbbad wäč̣i
'high costs, heavy expences' (K 1425)
reference
comment (K 1425)
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Armenian
lexeme canr (ծանր)
meaning 1 heavy
direction —
meaning 2 expensive
reference Galstjan 1984: 315
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Ingush
lexeme deza
meaning 1 heavy
direction —
meaning 2 expensive, precious
reference
comment (Kurkiev 2004: 140). Cf. p. 183: ЕЗА 'heavy' and 'expensive'.
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Borrowing
language 1 Mongolian (Khalkha)
language 2 Yakut
lexeme 1 хүнд
lexeme 2 күндү
meaning 1 heavy
direction →
meaning 2 expensive, valuable күндү мал
precious object
reference
comment БАМРС, ЯРС 197.
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme ağır
meaning 1 heavy ağır bir yük
hard load
direction →
meaning 2 expensive, valuable ağır esvap
expensive clothes
reference
comment ТРС 28. The same in Yakut. Ыар (ЯРС 520).
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Tuvan
lexeme аар-берге, берге
meaning 1 heavy
direction —
meaning 2 expensive
reference
comment

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