soft (adj.)
—
smooth
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | bløt | |
| Meaning 1 | soft | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | smooth | |
| Reference | Arakin 2000: 1, 120 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | ləmuṣ | |
| Meaning 1 | 'soft' (LGz. 316 | marāwəḫtāt za-gəburāt ʔəm-gəbr ləmuṣ 'the fans which are made of a soft material' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | 'smooth, slippery' | kʷakʷəḥ ləmuṣ 'a smooth stone' |
| Reference | LGz.: 316 | |
| Comment | LLA 37 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | läslassa | |
| Meaning 1 | 'soft (cushion, ground)' | läslassa wämbär ' comfortable chair' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | 'smooth (stone)' | gədgədaw läslassa 'The wall is smooth' (Leslau 1973:1196) |
| Reference | K: 56 | |
| Comment | cf. also Tigrinya. ləslus 'soft, fresh; smooth (hair)' (KT 84) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Komi | |
| Lexeme | майкыд | |
| Meaning 1 | soft (adj.) | майкыд юрси soft hair |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | smooth (about stone) | |
| Reference | Beznosikova et al. 2000 | |
| Comment | ||