curved
→
left (vs. right)
2 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 60 | Dual Opposition | straight | ↔ | right (vs. left) | Open |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 (ID: 52023) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | laevus | |
| meaning 1 | curved | laevi (boves) quorum cornua ad terram spectant (Maurus Servius Honoratus) laevi is (bulls) with downward-curved horns |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | left (vs. right) | |
| reference | Pokorny: 652 | |
| comment | from IE *lai̯uo-. Cognates include Ancient Greek λαιός 'left, awkward', Old Church Slavonic лѣвъ 'left', and Tocharian B laiwo 'lassitude' (De Vaan 2008, 323) |
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| NEW Realization 2 (ID: 52030) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Megeb Darqwa | |
| lexeme | гъямил | |
| meaning 1 | crooked, curved | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | left (vs. right) | |
| reference | CLICS-4 IDS | |
| comment | https://www.mekegi.com/dictionary/dialect/megb/ List, J.-M. (2023): Inference of partial colexifications from multilingual wordlists. Frontiers in Psychology 14.1156540. 1-10. |
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