a fixed-case strategy in equative constructions in which there is a clause which attributes a gradable predicative scale to the comparee, and the standard is expressed as a nominal modifier of a word denoting 'degree', 'manner', or 'quantity'. Example: Harar Oromo isíin akká isaaní d'eertuu 'She is as tall as them' is an instance of the degree equative strategy, with the predicate d'eertuu 'is tall', and the standard, isaaní 'they [gen]', modifies akká 'manner'. (Section 17.2.4)