Number of realizations
13
noise
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rumour
| Realization | ||
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | ἠχώ | |
| Meaning 1 | noise, buzz | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | rumours | ἅπασαν τὴν Βοιωτίην κατεῖχε ἠχώ "слух (о смерти Масистия) облетел всю Беотию" |
| Reference | LSJ | |
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| Comment | LSJ 780 | |
| Realization | ||
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | mvumo | |
| Meaning 1 | noise | mvumo wa mvua; mvumo wa magari "a patter of rain, the clatter of cars" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | rumour | |
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| Comment | Also mvumishaji 'the one who makes spread rumours; news monger'; vumisho 'the sound (of a voice, drum etc. ), wail (of the wind), spreading the rumours' | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | Lärm | |
| Meaning 1 | noise | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | rumours, gossip, talk | |
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| Comment | The second meaning is marked as dialectal. | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | manong'onezo | |
| Meaning 1 | whisper | |
| Meaning 2 | rumour | |
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| Comment | Polikanov | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | ghóṣa | |
| Meaning 1 | noise, buzz | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | rumour | |
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| Comment | Кочергина 203 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | buzz | |
| Meaning 1 | buzz | |
| Meaning 2 | rumour | There is buzz on the go that we depart at 8 o'clock. "There is buzz on the go that we depart at 8 o'clock." |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lezgian | |
| Lexeme | wan | |
| Meaning 1 | voice, sound, ringing, noise | |
| Meaning 2 | rumour, gossip, talk | |
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| Comment | (LezgRus 71-72) | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | bruit | |
| Meaning 1 | noise, sound, buzz, crack | faire du bruit "to make noise" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | rumour | faux bruit "a false rumor " |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | rumor | |
| Meaning 1 | subdued noise, rumble | rumore secundo "with regular splashes of paddles (V), with noisy signs of approval (V , H , T)" |
| Meaning 2 | rumour, gossip | a. rumores spargere C (dissipare Ter , C , serere V , QC ) 'to spread rumours' "1) распускать слухи 2) узнать что-л. По слухам" |
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| Comment | (Glare 1667) | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Borrowing | |
| Language 1 | Bulgarian | |
| Language 2 | Romanian | |
| Lexeme 1 | zvăn | |
| Lexeme 2 | zvon | |
| Meaning 1 | noise | |
| Meaning 2 | rumours | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme | strepito | |
| Meaning 1 | noise | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | noise, rumour | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lezgian | |
| Lexeme | ses | |
| Meaning 1 | voice, sound, ringing, noise | сес акъатун "to make a sound" |
| Meaning 2 | rumours | вун аниз физва лугьуз сесер ава "There are rumours that you are going there. (lit. That you are going there saying, there are sounds.)" |
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| Comment | (LezgRus 291-292) | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | baruzdit' | |
| Meaning 1 | to make noise | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to gossip | |
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| Comment | It is dialectal - both meanings are present in the idioms of Sverdlovsk. Cf. also баруздиха 'female news monger'. СРНГ 2, 121-122 | |