healthy → sober 3 realizations FAMILY: Altaic
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 5742)
type Polysemy
language Mongolian (Khalkha)
lexeme erüül
meaning 1 healthy
meaning 2 sober
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comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 3421)
type Polysemy
language Oyrot
lexeme су
meaning 1 healthy, sound
meaning 2 sober
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comment In many Turkic languages this root means "good". Cf., on the contrary, the Rus. хороший "=drunk": он уже хороший 'He is tipsy'.
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 3284)
type Polysemy
language Solon
lexeme авгар
meaning 1 healthy
direction →
meaning 2 sober
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comment ТМС 1, 3. The same type of polysemy in Evenki. The meaning of 'healthy' is present in Even too.

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