blue
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drunk
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Dutch | |
| Lexeme | blauw | |
| Meaning 1 | blue | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (slang) drunk | |
| Reference | Mironov 1987: 117 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | blau | |
| Meaning 1 | blue | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (colloquially) drunk | |
| Reference | Duden | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | синий (sinij) | |
| Meaning 1 | blue | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | drunk (slang expression) | Вы уже когда в студию зашли, уже тогда синие были (1983) When you went into the studio, even then you were blue (drunk) |
| Reference | Mokienko, Nikitina 2000: 537 | |
| Comment | Also синька 'vodka', 'alcohol intoxication', синь 'drunken feast; drinking alcohol', синюга, синюшка, синюха, синяк 'drunkard', синячить, синять 'to drink alcohol', синенький 'denatured alcohol' Mokienko, Nikitina 2000, 537-538 | |