miserable, unhappy poor, needy 15 realizations
NEW Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Abaza
Lexeme чвкьащ
Meaning 1 miserable, unhappy
Direction
Meaning 2 poor, needy
Reference Tugov 1967: 433
Comment

lit. 'shabby, bare'

ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Czech
Lexeme bída
Meaning 1 trouble, misery [Павлович 1976: 31]
Direction
Meaning 2 poverty, misery, need
Reference
Comment In Serb., Mac. 'беда' there are both meanings. In Bulg., Rus. 'беда' means only 'trouble'. In Pol. bieda means only 'poverty'. Cf. Rus. Бедный (poor).
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme poor
Meaning 1 miserable Poor kid, he’s had a rough day.
Direction
Meaning 2 poor Her family were so poor they couldn’t afford to buy her new clothes.
Reference LDOCE
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language French
Lexeme misère
Meaning 1 misfortune, trouble; misery, failure; suffering
Direction
Meaning 2 poverty, misery, need vivre dans la misère
to live in poverty
Reference Robert historique: 2251
Comment Borrowed from Lat. miseria 'misfortuner' in 12th century. The meaning 1 has become obsolete.
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language French
Lexeme pauvre
Meaning 1 unhappy, miserable Mon pauvre mari le disait bien.
My poor husband said that.
Direction
Meaning 2 poor Ses parents étaient trop pauvres pour qu'il fasse des études.
His parents were too poor to let him study.
Reference Larousse online
Comment Lat. pauper has only the meaning 'poor'
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language German
Lexeme arm
Meaning 1 poor arm wie eine Kirchenmaus
poor like a churche mouse
Direction
Meaning 2 miserable du armes Würstchen!
you poоr thing!
Reference Duden
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Hungarian
Lexeme szegény
Meaning 1 miserable Szegény kis gyermek, nem hagyják játszani!
Poor little child, they do not let him play!
Direction
Meaning 2 poor szegény, mint a templom egere
as poor as a church mouse
Reference MEK 1978 Gal’di 1987: 680
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Icelandic
Lexeme armur
Meaning 1 miserable, unhappy
Direction
Meaning 2 poor, needy
Reference Berkov et al. 1962
Comment
NEW Realization 9
Type Internal cognates
Language Itelmen
Lexeme 1 лэʔлуӈлаӽ
Lexeme 2 лелютинхен
Meaning 1 miserable, unhappy
Direction
Meaning 2 poor, needy
Reference PIRS: 153
Comment

лелютинхен West Itelmen word recorded by Benedykt Dybowski

ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Lezgian
Lexeme kesib
Meaning 1 poor
Direction
Meaning 2 miserable
Reference
Comment (LezgRus 156)
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme бедный (bednyj)
Meaning 1 poor a. Бедный человек 'Poor person'. b. Бедная деревня 'Poor village'.
Direction
Meaning 2 unhappy, miserable Бедная! как она мало жила, как она много любила. (Некрасов)
Poor thing! What a short life she lived, how much she loved! (Nekrasov)
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment Cf. Russian БЕДНЯК (poor person) vs. БЕДНЯГА (poor thing).
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Sanskrit
Lexeme glep
Meaning 1 to be poor
Direction
Meaning 2 to be unhappy
Reference
Comment Кочергина 200
ACCEPTED Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Turkish
Lexeme cıbır
Meaning 1 poor
Direction
Meaning 2 poor, miserable
Reference Baskakov 1977: 153
Comment
NEW Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Turkish
Lexeme fakir
Meaning 1 miserable, unhappy
Direction
Meaning 2 poor, needy
Reference Baskakov 1977: 287
Comment
NEW Realization 15
Type Polysemy
Language Ukrainian
Lexeme бідний
Meaning 1 unhappy
Direction
Meaning 2 poor, needy
Reference URS Grinchenko 1909: I, 62
Comment