straight
→
right (vs. left)
6 realizations
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Farsi | |
| Lexeme | راست rāst | |
| Meaning 1 | straight | راه راست rāh-e rāst straight road |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | right | دست راست dast-e rāst right hand |
| Reference | Rubinčik 1970: 706 | |
| Comment | ПРС 386. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme 1 | ḳänna | |
| Lexeme 2 | ḳäññ | |
| Meaning 1 | ‘to be straight, e.g. a stick’ | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | ‘right’ (vs. left) | ḳäññun əläf ‘pass on the right! [driver of a car]’ |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | K 778; K 780 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Old Church Slavonic | |
| Language 2 | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | правъ | |
| Lexeme 2 | pravyj | |
| Meaning 1 | straight, even | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | right; correct, just | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | Старославянский словарь, с.496 (не нашла его в списке - АЗ) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | droit | |
| Meaning 1 | straight | ligne droite straight line |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | right | Regardez à votre droite. Look to your right. |
| Reference | François 2008: 166 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bulgarian | |
| Lexeme | prav | |
| Meaning 1 | straight | |
| Meaning 2 | right | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Malak-Malak | |
| Lexeme | tjalmiyen | |
| Meaning 1 | straight | ki tjalmiyen pirri ei wurrunduny he follows the tracks straight up and spears it/he tracks it right down |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | right hand | |
| Reference | Lindsay et al. 2017: 50 | |
| Comment | ||