to get dirty, soiled to become infected 5 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Gagauz
Lexeme bulaş-
Meaning 1 to get dirty, dabbled
Meaning 2 to catch (a desease)
Reference
Comment ГРМС 96. The meaning of 'get dirty' is undoubtedly original here. The root is part of a big family of words meaning "dirt, mud". Cf. also the Yakut. Булуй- 'to infect; to soil, to stain'. The same type of polysemy in the Turkish bulaş-.
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Turkish
Lexeme bulaş-
Meaning 1 to get dirty, soiled
Direction
Meaning 2 to become infected
Reference Jusipova 2005
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Udihe
Lexeme дā-
Meaning 1 to get stained
Direction
Meaning 2 to catch an infection
Reference Kormušin 1998: 225
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Udmurt
Lexeme нориськыны
Meaning 1 to become dirty, soiled
Direction
Meaning 2 to become infected
Reference Kirillova 2008
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Yakut
Lexeme булуй-
Meaning 1 to soile
Direction
Meaning 2 to infect
Reference Slepcov 1972 SakhaTyla.Ru
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