blunt
→
stupid
23 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2003 | sharp | → | clever | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | dänäz | |
| Meaning 1 | 'blunt or dull (knife)' | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | 'slow-witted, stupid' | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | KT 1803 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | κωφός | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Armenian | |
| Lexeme | but(h) | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | but(h) danak blunt knife |
| Meaning 2 | stupid, dim | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | АрмРС | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Azerbaijani | |
| Lexeme | küt | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid (slow witted) | |
| Reference | ARRAL: 147 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Chuvash | |
| Lexeme | măka | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Meaning А is present in the reflexes of this root also in Tatar, Bashkir, Altai; meaning B is present in Altai ЭСТЯ, 2003, 44-45 | |
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Croatian | |
| Lexeme | tup | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | |
| Reference | HJP | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | blunt | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | |
| Meaning 2 | dim | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | dull | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt (blade) | the knife was too dull to be of any use |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid, dim | although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Erzya | |
| Lexeme | ношка | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | ношка пеель, ношка узере, ношка беельть blunt knife, blunt axe, blunt scissors |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | ношка ломань bone head |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ЭрзРС 419 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme 1 | stumpf | |
| Lexeme 2 | stümpfsinnig | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | unintelligent, narrow (person, colloq.) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | The Rus. Тупоумный (thickheaded), has been presumably calqued from German. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Lexeme | sljór | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | sljór hnífur blunt knife |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid, slow witted | hún er orðin sljó og hætt að fylgjast með she has become slow-witted and it was hard for her to follow |
| Reference | ISLEX | |
| Comment | Берков | |
| NEW Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Khamnigan Mongol | |
| Lexeme | moxo: | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | |
| Reference | Damdinov, Sundueva 2015: 204 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | hebes | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | |
| Reference | Lewis, Short | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | dùn (钝) | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | Zhè bǎ dāozi dùnle, gāi móle (这把刀子钝了, 该磨了) This knife is blunt, it's time to grind |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | Fā dùn (发钝) to become stupid |
| Reference | BKRS: 12416 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Moksha | |
| Lexeme | тулаза | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | тулаза пеель blunt knife |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | тулаза студент stupid student |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | tupoj | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | тупой нож blunt knife |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | тупой доцент stupid lecturer |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Serbian | |
| Lexeme | туп (tup) | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | туп нож, тупа бритва blunt knife, blunt razor |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | тупо лице, туп поглед stupid face, stupid look |
| Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1351 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tagalog | |
| Lexeme | pudpód | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Таг 246 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Thai | |
| Lexeme | dɯ̄-thɯ̄ | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Также dɯ̄-dān | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tibetan | |
| Lexeme | rno-med | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Рерих V, 141 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tuvan | |
| Lexeme | дɵгей | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | дɵгей бижек blunt knife |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | дɵгей кижи stupid person |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 22 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Udmurt | |
| Lexeme | ныж | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | ныж пурт "тупой нож" blunt knife |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid | ныж адями "тупой человек" stupid person |
| Reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 23 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Uzbek | |
| Lexeme | o’tmas | |
| Meaning 1 | blunt | |
| Meaning 2 | stupid, dim | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | УРС, Азизов, Ризаева | |
Переход тупой-глупый, острый - умный связаны с метафорой "не врубается" - "не понимает".
Также рус. "не рубит фишку", сленг.