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descent, not used of a fall, nor of a drop by the mere force of gravity, but covering a traveller’s descent of a hill, or his journey from the interior to the coast, or (more figuratively) from “windward” to “leeward” ports, or (more figuratively still), descent from generation to generation; the word also covers the fall of rain (which is not regarded as due simply to gravity), and the ‘descent’ of the spirit in spirit possession
in
Malay
turun
*tuRun₁
to descend, go down; to lower
[Etymon]
tuRun₁
to descend, go down; to lower
Contribution:
CLDF dataset derived from Blust's "Austronesian Comparative Dictionary"
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Language:
Malay
Parameter:
descent, not used of a fall, nor of a drop by the mere force of gravity, but covering a traveller’s descent of a hill, or his journey from the interior to the coast, or (more figuratively) from “windward” to “leeward” ports, or (more figuratively still), descent from generation to generation; the word also covers the fall of rain (which is not regarded as due simply to gravity), and the ‘descent’ of the spirit in spirit possession [e891b32cf6c606607da571d26821f0fb]
Source:
Wilkinson 1959
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