Number of realizations
15
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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'" |
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Comment | LLA 523 |
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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 |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Latin | |
Lexeme | vanum | |
Meaning 1 | empty | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | vain | |
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Comment | (Glare 2010) |
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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' |
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Comment | Rusian Borrowing in Yakut бостуой 'in vain' (YaRS 76). Cf. Russian попусту, впустую 'in vain'. |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Kurdish | |
Lexeme | bōš | |
Meaning 1 | empty | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | vain | |
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Comment | Цаболов I, 208 |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Old East Slavic | |
Lexeme | тъщий | |
Meaning 1 | empty | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | vain | |
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Comment | The same in Pol. Czczy. |
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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 |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Armenian | |
Lexeme | datark (դատարկ) | |
Meaning 1 | empty | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | vain | |
Reference | АрмРС | |
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Comment | АрмРС 182 |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ancient Greek | |
Lexeme | κενός | |
Meaning 1 | empty | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | vain | |
Reference | LSJ | |
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Comment | (LJS 938) |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Karaim | |
Lexeme | бослук | |
Meaning 1 | emptyness | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | futility | |
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Comment | Cf. also боска 'in vain'. |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tibetan | |
Lexeme | sbun-gder | |
Meaning 1 | senseless, meaningless | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | empty, hollow | |
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Comment | Рерих VI, 350. |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Udi | |
Lexeme | amcːi | |
Meaning 1 | empty | амцIи къав "empty vessel" |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | senseless, absurd | амцIи ехтилаьт "meaningless talk" |
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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). |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Japanese | |
Lexeme | kuuna (空な) | |
Meaning 1 | empty | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | purposeless, vane | |
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Comment | БЯРС 503. |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
Lexeme | lóu | |
Meaning 1 | empty | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | useless, bad | |
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Comment | БКРС 15357 |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Yakut | |
Lexeme | кѳҥдѳй | |
Meaning 1 | empty | кѳҥдѳй туруупка "an empty pipe" |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | useless | кѳҥдѳй ороскуот "waste" |
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Comment | ЯРС 178. Или это схожий переход полый - напрасный ? |