mute, dumb
→
stupid
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | dida, dəda | |
| Meaning 1 | ‘dumb, mute’ | dänḳoronna dəda hono näw yätäwällädäw ‘he was born deaf and dumb’ (Leslau 1973:363) |
| Meaning 2 | ‘idiot’ | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (K 1824) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Burmese | |
| Lexeme | á | |
| Meaning 1 | to be sharpened | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to be stupid, silly | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Novikov et al. 1976, 586 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | dumb | |
| Meaning 1 | dumb | deaf and dumb from birth congenitaly deaf and mute |
| Meaning 2 | stupid, dim | He is that dumb, if you'll pardon the word, madam, that not a bit of sense could I get out of him. Он такой болван, простите за выражение, мадам, что я не смог добиться от него ничего осмысленного (Лингво) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Kazakh | |
| Language 2 | Uighur | |
| Lexeme 1 | сақав | |
| Lexeme 2 | сахо | |
| Meaning 1 | dumb | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Uyghur dial. - ЭСТЯ 7, 161 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | mudo | |
| Meaning 1 | dumb | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | |
| Reference | Narumov 1995 | |
| Comment | Second meaning in Ecuador | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tibetan | |
| Lexeme | lkugs-pa | |
| Meaning 1 | dumb | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Рерих I, 142. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | bäham | |
| Meaning 1 | 'mute, dumb' | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'foolish, silly, imbecile' | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | KT 1082. Cf. Arab. bhm 'to be mute' | |