empty vain, in vain 17 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Ancient Greek
Lexeme κενός
Meaning 1 empty
Direction
Meaning 2 vain
Reference LSJ
Comment (LJS 938)
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Armenian
Lexeme p‘uǰ (փուջ)
Meaning 1 empty
Direction
Meaning 2 useless p‘uǰ p‘arvac (փուջ փարված)
usless throw (in ball games)
Reference АрмРС
Comment АрмРС 701
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Armenian
Lexeme datark (դատարկ)
Meaning 1 empty
Direction
Meaning 2 vain
Reference АрмРС
Comment АрмРС 182
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Croatian
Lexeme prazan
Meaning 1 empty

prazan sanduk


empty crate

Direction
Meaning 2 in vain

u prazno govoriti, pucati


to talk, to shoot in vain

Reference HJP
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Derivation
Language Geez
Lexeme 1 bakk
Lexeme 2 bakk, bakka
Meaning 1 empty kʷəllu kəbabu bakk
Hen. 73:5: 'its entire disc is empty'
Direction
Meaning 2 vain; in vain nagara bakk
Hen. 49:4: 'vain word'
Reference
Comment LLA 523
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Japanese
Lexeme kuuna (空な)
Meaning 1 empty
Direction
Meaning 2 purposeless, vane
Reference
Comment БЯРС 503.
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Karaim
Lexeme бослук
Meaning 1 emptyness
Direction
Meaning 2 futility
Reference
Comment Cf. also боска 'in vain'.
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Kurdish
Lexeme bōš
Meaning 1 empty
Direction
Meaning 2 vain
Reference
Comment Цаболов I, 208
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Latin
Lexeme vanum
Meaning 1 empty
Direction
Meaning 2 vain
Reference
Comment (Glare 2010)
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Mandarin Chinese
Lexeme lóu
Meaning 1 empty
Direction
Meaning 2 useless, bad
Reference
Comment БКРС 15357
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Old East Slavic
Lexeme тъщий
Meaning 1 empty
Direction
Meaning 2 vain
Reference
Comment

The same in Pol. Czczy.

Cf. Russ. тщетно 'in vain'

ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Romanian
Lexeme deşert
Meaning 1 empty
Direction
Meaning 2 vain
Reference DEX98
Comment DEX98, DRRS 1, 677-688
ACCEPTED Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme пустой (pustoj)
Meaning 1 empty пустой дом
empty house
Direction
Meaning 2 vain

a. пустой разговор;

b. пустые хлопоты


a.vain conversation;

b. vain pursuit

Reference
Comment Rusian Borrowing in Yakut бостуой 'in vain' (YaRS 76). Cf. Russian попусту, впустую 'in vain'.
ACCEPTED Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Serbian
Lexeme празан (prazan)
Meaning 1 empty празна кеса, празни папир

empty bag, empty paper

Direction
Meaning 2 meaningless

празне речи


meaningless words

Reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 996
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 15
Type Polysemy
Language Tibetan
Lexeme sbun-gder
Meaning 1 senseless, meaningless
Direction
Meaning 2 empty, hollow
Reference
Comment Рерих VI, 350.
ACCEPTED Realization 16
Type Polysemy
Language Udi
Lexeme amcːi
Meaning 1 empty амцIи къав
empty vessel
Direction
Meaning 2 senseless, absurd амцIи ехтилаьт
meaningless talk
Reference
Comment Cf. also амциI-амцIи 'in vain', амц1и бесун (= to make empty) '1. to unload, to liberate (cart, home), 2. to quarrel, to argue' (Gukasjan 1974: 44).
ACCEPTED Realization 17
Type Polysemy
Language Yakut
Lexeme кѳҥдѳй
Meaning 1 empty кѳҥдѳй туруупка
an empty pipe
Direction
Meaning 2 useless кѳҥдѳй ороскуот
waste
Reference
Comment ЯРС 178. Или это схожий переход полый - напрасный ?