mute, dumb → stupid 7 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme dida, dəda
meaning 1 ‘dumb, mute’ dänḳoronna dəda hono näw yätäwällädäw
‘he was born deaf and dumb’ (Leslau 1973:363)
meaning 2 ‘idiot’
reference
comment (K 1824)
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Burmese
lexeme á
meaning 1 to be sharpened
direction →
meaning 2 to be stupid, silly
reference
comment Novikov et al. 1976, 586
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme dumb
meaning 1 dumb deaf and dumb from birth
congenitaly deaf and mute
meaning 2 stupid, dim He is that dumb, if you'll pardon the word, madam, that not a bit of sense could I get out of him.
Он такой болван, простите за выражение, мадам, что я не смог добиться от него ничего осмысленного (Лингво)
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Cognates
language 1 Kazakh
language 2 Uighur
lexeme 1 сақав
lexeme 2 сахо
meaning 1 dumb
meaning 2 stupid
reference
comment Uyghur dial. - ЭСТЯ 7, 161
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme mudo
meaning 1 dumb
direction →
meaning 2 stupid
reference Narumov 1995
comment Second meaning in Ecuador
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme lkugs-pa
meaning 1 dumb
meaning 2 stupid
reference
comment Рерих I, 142.
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme bäham
meaning 1 'mute, dumb'
direction →
meaning 2 'foolish, silly, imbecile'
reference
comment KT 1082. Cf. Arab. bhm 'to be mute'

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