Number of realizations
5
soft (adj.)
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weak
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ingush | |
| Lexeme | k'ädːe | |
| Meaning 1 | to soften, to pommel | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to exhaust, to tire out | |
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| Comment | (Kurkiev 2004: 264) | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Gagauz | |
| Lexeme | kaba | |
| Meaning 1 | soft, sumptuous, crumbly | каба ер "loose ground" |
| Meaning 2 | weak, feeble | |
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| Comment | ГРМС 224. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | ləmlum | |
| Meaning 1 | 'soft' | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'supple, ductile' | ləmlum säb "'weak, feeble or delicate man, one who is physically soft'" |
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| Comment | (KT 75) | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Yakut | |
| Lexeme | нуолур | |
| Meaning 1 | soft, delicate | 1) солко нуолур "1) soft silk 2) soft grass" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | weak | сылайан нуолур курдук буолбут "He was weak with fatigue" |
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| Comment | ЯРС 255. | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kannada | |
| Lexeme | jabbalu | |
| Meaning 1 | <being> soft or pulpy (of a ripe fruit) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | <being> weak, infirm, or frail from old age | |
| Reference | Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary page 404 | |
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