Realization
Type		Derivation
Language		Geez
Lexeme 1		bakk
Lexeme 2		bakk, bakka
Meaning 1	empty	kʷəllu kəbabu bakk "Hen. 73:5: 'its entire disc is empty'"
Direction	—
Meaning 2	vain; in vain	nagara bakk "Hen. 49:4: 'vain word'"
Reference
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Comment		LLA 523

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Armenian
Lexeme		p‘uǰ (փուջ)
Meaning 1	empty
Direction	—
Meaning 2	useless	p‘uǰ p‘arvac (փուջ փարված) "usless throw (in ball games)"
Reference		АрмРС
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Comment		АрмРС 701

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Latin
Lexeme		vanum
Meaning 1	empty
Direction	—
Meaning 2	vain
Reference
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Comment		(Glare 2010)

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Russian
Lexeme		pustoj
Meaning 1	empty	пустой дом "empty house"
Direction	—
Meaning 2	idle	a. пустой разговор 'vapid conversation'; b. пустые хлопоты 'vain pursuit'
Reference
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Comment		Rusian Borrowing in Yakut бостуой 'in vain' (YaRS 76). Cf. Russian попусту, впустую 'in vain'.

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Kurdish
Lexeme		bōš
Meaning 1	empty
Direction	—
Meaning 2	vain
Reference
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Comment		Цаболов I, 208

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Old East Slavic
Lexeme		тъщий
Meaning 1	empty
Direction	—
Meaning 2	vain
Reference
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Comment		The same in Pol. Czczy.

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Romanian
Lexeme		deşert
Meaning 1	empty
Direction	→
Meaning 2	vain
Reference		DEX98
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Comment		DEX98, DRRS 1, 677-688

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Armenian
Lexeme		datark (դատարկ)
Meaning 1	empty
Direction	—
Meaning 2	vain
Reference		АрмРС
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Comment		АрмРС 182

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Ancient Greek
Lexeme		κενός
Meaning 1	empty
Direction	—
Meaning 2	vain
Reference		LSJ
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Comment		(LJS 938)

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Karaim
Lexeme		бослук
Meaning 1	emptyness
Direction	—
Meaning 2	futility
Reference
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Comment		Cf. also боска 'in vain'.

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Tibetan
Lexeme		sbun-gder
Meaning 1	senseless, meaningless
Direction	—
Meaning 2	empty, hollow
Reference
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Comment		Рерих VI, 350.

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Udi
Lexeme		amcːi
Meaning 1	empty	амцIи къав "empty vessel"
Direction	—
Meaning 2	senseless, absurd	амцIи ехтилаьт "meaningless talk"
Reference
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Comment		Cf. also амциI-амцIи 'in vain', амц1и бесун (= to make empty) '1. to unload, to liberate (cart, home), 2. to quarrel, to argue' (Gukasjan 1974: 44).

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Japanese
Lexeme		kuuna (空な)
Meaning 1	empty
Direction	—
Meaning 2	purposeless, vane
Reference
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Comment		БЯРС 503.

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Mandarin Chinese
Lexeme		lóu
Meaning 1	empty
Direction	→
Meaning 2	useless, bad
Reference
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Comment		БКРС 15357

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Yakut
Lexeme		кѳҥдѳй
Meaning 1	empty	кѳҥдѳй туруупка "an empty pipe"
Direction	→
Meaning 2	useless	кѳҥдѳй ороскуот "waste"
Reference
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Comment		ЯРС 178. Или это схожий переход полый - напрасный ?