tube, pipe
—
<negative evaluation>
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | труба | |
| Meaning 1 | tube, pipe | У нас нет горячей воды, потому что прорвало трубы. We have no hot water because the pipes broke. |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | Дело труба The things are very bad |
|
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | boru | |
| Meaning 1 | tube, pipe | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | işi borudur His things are extremely bad (argo) |
|
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 126 | |
| Comment | ||
In Russian and Turkish the word boru also means 'trumpet', so I don't know what is the source meaning for the shift