Number of realizations
17
curved
—
wrong
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lak | |
| Lexeme | awkːusːa | |
| Meaning 1 | crooked, gnarled | |
| Meaning 2 | wrong, unjust | авккусса инсан "unjust person" |
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| Comment | (Khajdakov 1962: 26) | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | tenge | |
| Meaning 1 | bend, curve | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | drawback | |
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| Comment | Polikanov | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | krivoj | |
| Meaning 1 | curved, not straight | a. Кривая линия 'a curve'. b. Кривая строка 'uneven line'. |
| Meaning 2 | wrong, unjust | a. Кривой суд 'Unfair judgment'. b. Кривое толкование 'Distorted interpretation'. |
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| Comment | (Ushakov). Cf. colloquial uses like Что-то у тебя Ворд кривой какой-то 'Your MS Word seems to work improperly'. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | crooked | |
| Meaning 1 | crooked, curved | |
| Meaning 2 | dishonest | He is perfect in the practice of crooked ways. "Он знает все окольные (нечестные) пути." |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | wry | |
| Meaning 1 | crooked, lop-sided | a. wry smile; "— кривая улыбка — взгляд искоса" |
| Meaning 2 | wrong,contradictory, distorted | In this psalm there is no wry word. "В этом псалме нет ни одного неправильного слова." |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Borrowing | |
| Language 1 | Farsi | |
| Language 2 | Kurdish | |
| Lexeme 1 | چفته čafte | |
| Lexeme 2 | čawt | |
| Meaning 1 | crooked, curved | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | wrong | |
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| Comment | Цаболов I, 225 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ingush | |
| Lexeme | goama | |
| Meaning 1 | crooked, curved | |
| Meaning 2 | hateful, hideous | |
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| Comment | (Kurkiev 2004: 108) | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Karaim | |
| Lexeme | къынгъыр | |
| Meaning 1 | crooked | |
| Meaning 2 | guilty, unfair | къынгъыр эт- "to act unfairly, to treat ill (lit. to do in a crooked way)" |
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| Comment | КРПС 380. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tibetan | |
| Lexeme | yo-ba | |
| Meaning 1 | crooked, slanting; crookedness, flection, curve | |
| Meaning 2 | lie, guile, false, insidious | |
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| Comment | Рерих VIII, 276. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | krivoj | |
| Lexeme 2 | krivda | |
| Meaning 1 | crooked, wry | |
| Meaning 2 | lie | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tagalog | |
| Lexeme | baluktot | |
| Meaning 1 | curved | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | wrong | |
| Reference | Krus Ignašev 1959 page 44 | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | skjev | |
| Meaning 1 | curved | en skjev nese "crooked nose" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | wrong | gå på skjeve "to go wrong" |
| Reference | BO | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme | skæv | |
| Meaning 1 | curved | skæv ryg "crooked back" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | wrong | |
| Reference | DDO | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Lexeme | skakkur | |
| Meaning 1 | curved | myndin er skökk á veggnum "the painting is up crooked" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | wrong | ég hringdi óvart í skakkt númer "I dialed the wrong number" |
| Reference | ISLEX | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language 1 | Middle English | |
| Language 2 | English | |
| Lexeme | wrong | |
| Meaning 1 | curved, crooked, bent | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | wrong | |
| Reference | Sakhno 2009 page 189 | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Old East Slavic | |
| Lexeme | krivyi | |
| Meaning 1 | curved | в сих реках узких и кривых невозможно пройтить. 1698. "these narrow and crooked rivers cannot be passed" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | false, untrue | ни права, ни крива не убиваите. 14 в. "kill neither the right nor the wrong." |
| Reference | SRJa XI-XVII page 8: 54-55 | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | eğri | |
| Meaning 1 | curved | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | wrong | |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977 page 262 | |
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