light (of weight)
→
frivolous
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 849 | heavy (of weight) | → | important | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | ḳällal | |
| meaning 1 | light (in weight) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | frivolous, lacking in gravity (mature man) | ḳällal säw 'man who does not act sensibly, who indulges in unseemly behaviour' (lit. 'light man') |
| reference | ||
| comment | (K 677). | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Buriat | |
| lexeme | hэбхи | |
| meaning 1 | light (of weight) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | frivolous | |
| reference | Čeremisov 1973: 701-702 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Dagur | |
| lexeme | хуңгээн | |
| meaning 1 | light (of weight) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | frivolous, light-headed | |
| reference | : 193 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | fäkkʷis | |
| meaning 1 | light, lightweight | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | frivolous, giddy, heedless, thoughtless | |
| reference | ||
| comment | (KT 2715). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | hafif | |
| meaning 1 | light (of weight) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | thoughtless, easygoing, lightheaded | ben hafif bir çocuktum I was an easygoing child. |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 374 | |
| comment | ||