to dislocate (of a joint) → to go mad 2 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Gagauz
lexeme bertik
meaning 1 dislocation
meaning 2 mad
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comment ГРМС 81.
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 вывихнуть (vyvihnut')
lexeme 2 свижнуться (svihnut'sja)
meaning 1 to dislocate, to disjoint вывихнуть с ума
to lose one's marbles
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meaning 2 to go mad он совсем свихнулся
He completely went off hooks
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