left (vs. right)
→
illegal
2 realizations
FAMILY: Indo-European
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 50764) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | link | |
| meaning 1 | left (vs. right) | der linke Arm a left hand |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | crooked, bad, dubious, false (about goods) | a. linke Geschäfte b. machen ein linker Vogel (ein zwielichtiger Mensch) a. to do shady business b. a shady character (a dubious person) |
| reference | Duden | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 52275) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | левый | |
| meaning 1 | left (vs. right) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | illegal | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||