A Frame Semantics analysis determines the stereotypic semantic elements which are cognitively understood when one "knows" a given lexeme. Knowledge of such frame elements accounts for felicitous use of lexemes, and for how communication may proceed effectively even when some frame elements are not overtly instantiated. Multiple senses of a lexeme may arise from specific lexical complements chosen to instantiate frame elements. The Maa lexeme SIP is argued to have the basic frame structure of 'X thoroughly removes Z from Y (such that Y enters a new state)' Complement choices correlate with a wide range of senses, from 'make smooth, clean/clear (by licking, weeding, sweeping, burning, etc.), bless (a journey), destroy, kill, beat, tell/determine the complete truth, be certain, make verbal points in a meeting, do (something) thoroughly/effectively' and 'succeed', to an arguably epistemic modal use. What was historically a single lexeme may develop into multiple homophones partly by stereotypic lexical choices for, and by cognitive "supression" or "enhancement" of, frame elements. In this way, an intransitive verb centering on meanings of 'truth' and 'certainty' may be emerging from the otherwise transitive lexeme SIP.