The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

Comment

ACCEPTED Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Akkadian
lexeme		enšu
meaning 1	weak, powerless	enšu taltapra u emūḳu altaprakka 'you sent me weak (people(, whereas I sent you strong (troops)'
direction	—
meaning 2	lean	ana immertim la eništim udduptim u nuppuḫtim la maḫāri lu wašbāti ana enšitim šumḫurim wašbāt 'be present so that a sheep which is not lean, but filled with gas and blown up shall not be accepted, you are present so that (only) lean (sheep) should be accepted'
reference
comment		(CAD E 170-171).

NEW Realization 2
type		Polysemy
language		Avar
lexeme		азараб
meaning 1	weak	азарай гІадан weak woman
direction	←
meaning 2	lean	азарал чахъаби thin sheep (pl.)
reference		Gimbatov 2006: 33
comment		Part. from азине 'to lose weight, to grow thin, to lose flesh'

ACCEPTED Realization 3
type		Polysemy
language		Chaha
lexeme		ḳʸäč̣änä
meaning 1	weak, tired	yäḳʸäṭä-ta tägätäräm yafʷe 'He who is tired, lies down to rest'
direction	←
meaning 2	meager, skinny, lean
reference
comment		(LGur. I 97; Leslau 1983:31).

ACCEPTED Realization 4
type		Polysemy
language		Sanskrit
lexeme		kr̥̥çá
meaning 1	weak, frail
direction	—
meaning 2	thin
reference		MW
comment		MW 305, Кочергина 172

ACCEPTED Realization 5
type		Polysemy
language		Spanish
lexeme		flaco
meaning 1	weak
direction	—
meaning 2	thin
reference
comment		Narumov 1995: 371

ACCEPTED Realization 6
type		Polysemy
language		Turkish
lexeme		zayıf
meaning 1	weak, feeble
direction	—
meaning 2	thin
reference		Baskakov 1977: 944
comment		Borrowed from Arab. ḍaʕīf- 'weak' (Lane 1792)