The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

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

NEW Realization 4
type		Polysemy
language		Kaulong
lexeme		peh-peh
meaning 1	mute, dumb
direction	→
meaning 2	stupid
reference		Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 358
comment

ACCEPTED Realization 5
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 6
type		Polysemy
language		Spanish
lexeme		mudo
meaning 1	dumb
direction	→
meaning 2	stupid
reference		Narumov 1995
comment		Second meaning in Ecuador

ACCEPTED Realization 7
type		Polysemy
language		Tibetan
lexeme		lkugs-pa
meaning 1	dumb
meaning 2	stupid
reference
comment		Рерих I, 142.

ACCEPTED Realization 8
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'