Semantic changes:
     Variation: e.g. k†il or k†vil (k†, King and il, house) originally denoted a king's palace or castle, but later on came to signify a temple.

Degradation:
     e.g. payal, n. orig. simply ‘a boy’, but now, ‘ a mean fellow, young or old’. The corresponding feminine name which has suffered the same fate is šiŠukki. paŠai, orig. a general term for all skinned instruments, is now so degraded as to signify only a funeral drum.

Elevation:
      The verb ka˜i originally meant ‘to drink an intoxicant’, but now means ‘to rejoice’.

Extension:
      The word kƒ˜ai denotes not only a bull but also a hero.
      An elephant and a honey-bee are called tumbi on account of their having a proboscis. tumbu (tube)-tumbi. The verb t‡Œgu, to hang, has acquired the following meanings in succession in its extended application.

      To sleep in a swinging cot; to sleep; to be sluggish; to delay; to droop, as a plant; to be emaciated, to die. Restriction or Specialization

      Though the word kaŠi etymologically signifies both vege- tables and meat, it is generally restricted to the latter in both dialects