straight
→
correct (adj.)
21 realizations
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bagvalal | |
| Lexeme | bitt'ub | |
| Meaning 1 | straight, even | биттIуб цIул straight stick |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | correct, true | биттIуб алгьан ида ощуб What he says is true |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | БРС 91 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Farsi | |
| Lexeme | راست rāst | |
| Meaning 1 | straight | راه راست rāh-e rāst straight road |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | correct, true | راستش را بگو rāst-aš rā begu tell (me) the truth |
| Reference | Rubinčik 1970: 706-707 | |
| Comment | ПРС 386. But раст means also RIGHT. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | nyofu | |
| Meaning 1 | straight | |
| Meaning 2 | honest, fair | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Polikanov | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lezgian | |
| Lexeme | düz | |
| Meaning 1 | straight, even | дуьз ланш straight stick |
| Meaning 2 | correct, truthful | a. дуьз хабарар 'correct, authentic information;; верные, достоверные сведения |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LezgRus 115). The same in Tabassaran, cf. (TabRus 153). Turkic loan. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | ὀρθός | |
| Meaning 1 | straight | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | correct | |
| Reference | LSJ | |
| Comment | LSJ 1249 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Old Slavonic | |
| Lexeme | правъ | |
| Meaning 1 | straight | |
| Meaning 2 | correct | |
| Reference | Старославянский словарь. М., 1999. | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | rətuʕ | |
| Meaning 1 | upright, straight | rətuʕ ʔəgarihomu 'their legs are straight' (Hez. 1: 7) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | true, correct, orthodox | rətuʕ fəkkārehu 'his interpretation is correct' (Dan. 2:45) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LGz. 476; LLA 290). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Karaim | |
| Lexeme | тÿз | |
| Meaning 1 | straight, smooth, even | |
| Meaning 2 | correct | тÿз йонълу honest |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | КРПС 552. Cf. also тюзь 1. even, straight, 2 honest, fair. (КРПС 569). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Gagauz | |
| Lexeme | dooru | |
| Meaning 1 | straight | |
| Meaning 2 | right, correct | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ГРМС 156. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Gagauz | |
| Lexeme | uz | |
| Meaning 1 | straight, even | |
| Meaning 2 | correct, true | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ГРМС 484. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | εὐθύς | |
| Meaning 1 | straight | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | correct, fair | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | ḳənuʕ | |
| Meaning 1 | straight, straightened | ḳənuʕ ḥənṣaṣ ‘straight line, beeline’ |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | correct, right, genuine | bäḳ̆ənuʕ gämgämä ‘to evaluate or judge s.o. or s.th. correctly’ |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (KT 997). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Old French | |
| Lexeme 1 | droit | |
| Lexeme 2 | droit | |
| Meaning 1 | rectilinear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | right, true | |
| Reference | François 2008: 171 | |
| Comment | Rey 2000 | |
| NEW Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Batsbi | |
| Lexeme | nipsĩ | |
| Meaning 1 | straight | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | correct (adj.) | |
| Reference | Bertlani (ed.) 2013: 196 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | doğru | |
| Meaning 1 | straight | doğru çizgi straight line |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | correct (adj.) | doğru bir imla correct spelling |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 238 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Borrowing | |
| Language | Irish Gaelic | |
| Lexeme | direach | |
| Meaning 1 | straight | Line direach straight line |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | correct (adj.) | ta se an mean lae go direach it is just (exactly) mid-day |
| Reference | Ó Dónaill 1977: 415 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Serbian | |
| Lexeme | право (pravo) | |
| Meaning 1 | straight (adj.) | гледати право у очи to look straight in the eyes |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | correct (adj.) | |
| Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 994-995 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Croatian | |
| Lexeme | pravo | |
| Meaning 1 | straight (adj.) | idi pravo kući go straight home |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | correct (adj.) | pravo kažeš you are right (you say correctly) |
| Reference | HJP | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hawaiian | |
| Lexeme | pololei | |
| Meaning 1 | straight | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | correct (adj.) | |
| Reference | Pukui, Elbert 1992 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Nivkh | |
| Lexeme | мыкргур | |
| Meaning 1 | straight (adv.) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | correctly | |
| Reference | Savel'eva, Taksami 1970: 202 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kubachi | |
| Lexeme | дуруссиб | |
| Meaning 1 | straight, even | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | correct (adj.) | |
| Reference | Magomedov, Saidov-Akkutta 2017: 190 | |
| Comment | ||