weak
→
stupid
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Fula | |
| Lexeme | duppa | |
| Meaning 1 | to be sickly, feeble | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to be silly, dim | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ФРФС 142 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language 1 | Latin | |
| Language 2 | French | |
| Lexeme 1 | debilis | |
| Lexeme 2 | débile | |
| Meaning 1 | weak, feeble | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | |
| Reference | Sakhno 2009: 44 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | bezdušnyj | |
| Meaning 1 | soulless, heartless | Эх ты, тварь бездушная, только полезь - я тебе сразу раздавлю. Женись на здоровой, куды бездушную-то? You, heartless wretch, just swing at me, and I will flatten you! Marry a healthy woman, why a feeble one? |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | Ить вон ничего не знает, вон бездушный. But he does not know anything, he is soulless. |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | dialectal word (1 - Kalug., Kostrom., 2 - Kalug.) СРНГ 2, 190 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | anzali | |
| Meaning 1 | weak (feeble) man | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid (ignorant) person | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Polikanov | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Tigre | |
| Language 2 | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme 1 | ḥamḳa | |
| Lexeme 2 | ḥamuḳa | |
| Meaning 1 | 'to be weak, to pine away' (LH 61) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | 'to be foolish, stupid' (Lane 645) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Udihe | |
| Lexeme | э̄дэ- | |
| Meaning 1 | weak, feeble | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | fool | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Кормушин 1998, 313 | |