chaff
→
useless thing
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Lexeme | hismi | |
| Meaning 1 | chaff | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | trifle, useless thing | |
| Reference | Berkov et al. 1962: 284 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Irish Gaelic | |
| Lexeme | lóchán | |
| Meaning 1 | chaff | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | worthless matter, dross | |
| Reference | Ó Dónaill 1977 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme | loppa | |
| Meaning 1 | chaff; husk, pod | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | stuff of little value, of no importance | |
| Reference | De Mauro | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | kāng (糠) | |
| Meaning 1 | bran, chaff | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | unfit, worthless (about a thing) | |
| Reference | BKRS | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme | pleavă | |
| Meaning 1 | chaff | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | something worthless, unimportant | |
| Reference | DEX98 | |
| Comment | ||
Russian (его) на мякине не проведешь lit. 'you can't fool (him) on chaff' (you can't give him useless chaff instead of grain) in sense 'he is an experienced man who cannot be deceived'