to play (intr.)
→
joke
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | ludus | |
| Meaning 1 | game | ludus sphaerae playing the ball |
| Meaning 2 | amusement | per ludum jocumque jokingly |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Glare 1048-1049 | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Malak-Malak | |
| Lexeme | tjaritjarikat | |
| Meaning 1 | play a game | tjaritjarikatma wutju they are playing a game |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | tell a joke, joke | tjaritjarikatma yuyu he is telling a joke |
| Reference | Lindsay et al. 2017: 51 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | igra | |
| Lexeme 2 | rozygryš | |
| Meaning 1 | game, play | |
| Meaning 2 | practical joke | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | kheli | |
| Meaning 1 | game | |
| Meaning 2 | joke | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tibetan | |
| Lexeme | sku-rtsed | |
| Meaning 1 | play, game | |
| Meaning 2 | joke | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Рерих I, 166. The words meaning 'joker' and 'team player' are derived from this stem. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tuvan | |
| Lexeme | ойна- | |
| Meaning 1 | to play | |
| Meaning 2 | to joke, to kid | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | The same in Karaim. КРПС 425. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Udi | |
| Lexeme | ači | |
| Meaning 1 | game | |
| Meaning 2 | joke | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Cf. ачидесун (causative) '1. to make play, 2. to mock, to laugh' (Gukasjan 1974: 53). | |