soft (adj.)
—
weak
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ingush | |
| Lexeme | k'ädːe | |
| Meaning 1 | to soften, to pommel | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to exhaust, to tire out | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (Kurkiev 2004: 264) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Gagauz | |
| Lexeme | kaba | |
| Meaning 1 | soft, sumptuous, crumbly | каба ер loose ground |
| Meaning 2 | weak, feeble | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ГРМС 224. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (KT 75) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ЯРС 255. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kannada | |
| Lexeme | jabbalu | |
| Meaning 1 | ||
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | ||
| Reference | Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 404 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Batsbi | |
| Lexeme | maždalar | |
| Meaning 1 | to soften | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to loosen | |
| Reference | Bertlani (ed.) 2013: 104-105 | |
| Comment | ||