deaf stupid 21 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Akkadian
Lexeme sukkuku
Meaning 1 deaf šumma šarratu sukkuka ulid
if the queen gives birth to a deaf (child)
Direction
Meaning 2 obtuse amēlūtu sukukat-ma mimma ul idi
mankind is obtuse, it knows nothing
Reference CAD
Comment CAD s 362-363
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Amharic
Lexeme dänḳʷäro
Meaning 1 deaf dänḳoronna dəda hono näw yätäwällädäw
he was born deaf and dumb (Leslau 1973:363)
Direction
Meaning 2 ignorant, stupid əndet yalläčč dänḳoro nat
she is such an ignorant person! (Leslau 1973:609)
Reference AED: 1795
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Burmese
Lexeme нà-тху
Meaning 1 dull of ear
Direction
Meaning 2 to be stupid, silly
Reference
Comment From нà 'ear' Novikov et al. 1976, 285
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Derivation
Language Geez
Lexeme 1 dənqəw
Lexeme 2 danqāwi
Meaning 1 deaf dənqəwāna ʔəzan
having deaf ears' (used also figuratively - "oh, you deaf!" addressed to heretics)
Direction
Meaning 2 ignorant, stupid nafsāt danqāwiyāt
silly souls
Reference LLA: 1116
Comment Haser 2000, 179
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Gugu-yimidjir
Lexeme milga-mul
Meaning 1 deaf
Direction
Meaning 2 stupid
Reference
Comment 'ear+PRIVATIVE'
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Hungarian
Lexeme süket
Meaning 1 deaf
Direction
Meaning 2 stupid (slang)
Reference
Comment Haser 2000, 179
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Indonesian
Lexeme buta tuli
Meaning 1 blind and deaf
Direction
Meaning 2 be completely ignorant of something
Reference
Comment Haser 2000, 179
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Kayardild
Lexeme dunbuwa marralda
Meaning 1 deaf
Direction
Meaning 2 stupid
Reference
Comment Haser 2000, 179
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Kilivila
Lexeme -nagoa
Meaning 1 having defect of speech, dumb, deaf
Direction
Meaning 2 stupid
Reference
Comment Haser 2000, 179
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Kuuk-Thaayorre (Thayore)
Lexeme waal-a
Meaning 1 hard of hearing
Direction
Meaning 2 silly, stupid
Reference
Comment Haser 2000, 179
NEW Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Malak-Malak
Lexeme nyaba
Meaning 1 deaf
Direction
Meaning 2 stupid
Reference Lindsay et al. 2017: 105
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Maung
Lexeme galadja
Meaning 1 deaf person
Direction
Meaning 2 half-wit
Reference
Comment Haser 2000, 179
ACCEPTED Realization 13
Type Derivation
Language Nahuatl
Lexeme 1 atlacaqui
Lexeme 2 uel atlacaqui
Meaning 1 deaf
Direction
Meaning 2 stupid
Reference
Comment uel 'very' Haser 2000, 179
ACCEPTED Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Navajo
Lexeme t`óójaa`dijolee
Meaning 1 with ball-shaped ears
Direction
Meaning 2 without understanding
Reference
Comment Haser 2000, 179.
NEW Realization 15
Type Polysemy
Language Ngardi
Lexeme langawangu
Meaning 1 deaf
Direction
Meaning 2 silly
Reference Cataldi 2011: 154-155
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 16
Type Polysemy
Language Quechua
Lexeme opa
Meaning 1 deaf
Direction
Meaning 2 stupid
Reference
Comment Haser 2000, 179
ACCEPTED Realization 17
Type Derivation
Language Russian
Lexeme 1 gluhoj
Lexeme 2 glušnja
Meaning 1 deaf
Direction
Meaning 2 fool, dupe
Reference
Comment Kostrom. Березович 2007, 140
SUSPENDED Realization 18
Type Polysemy
Language Sumerian
Lexeme idim
Meaning 1 deaf
Direction
Meaning 2 stupid
Reference
Comment Haser 2000, 179
ACCEPTED Realization 19
Type Polysemy
Language Tigrinya
Lexeme ṣämam
Meaning 1 deaf, hard of hearing
Direction
Meaning 2 stupid
Reference TED: 2555
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 20
Type Polysemy
Language Tzotzil
Lexeme ton-kokil
Meaning 1 stone-deafness
Direction
Meaning 2 stupidity
Reference
Comment Haser 2000, 179
ACCEPTED Realization 21
Type Polysemy
Language Yir Yoront
Lexeme ngengkeny
Meaning 1 deaf
Direction
Meaning 2 stupid and uncontrollably badtempered
Reference
Comment Haser 2000, 179