to play (intr.) joke 8 realizations
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
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 игра
lexeme 2 розыгрыш
meaning 1 game, play
direction
meaning 2 practical joke
reference МАС
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.
NEW Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme oynamak
meaning 1 to play (intr.)




direction
meaning 2 to play joke (at someone)




reference Baskakov 1977: 696-697
comment


ACCEPTED Realization 7
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 8
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).