clean (adj.) totally, absolutely 7 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme pure
meaning 1 clean (adj.)
direction
meaning 2 absolutely It is a pure nonsense!
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 2
type Derivation
language Hungarian
lexeme tiszta
meaning 1 clean (adj.)

Tiszta kanál, tiszta kéz, tiszta ruha


Clean spoon, clean hands, clean clothes

direction
meaning 2 totally, absolutely

1. A király sátora vala ott felfonva; Tiszta kék selyemből volt a sátorponyva. (Arany János) 

2. S a rektor kivette a bankókat. Három tiszta új százas volt köztök. (Tolnai Lajos)


1. The king's tent was pitched there; The tent cloth was of absolutely blue silk. (János Arany)

2. And the rector took out the banknotes. There were three totally new hundred among them. (Lajos Tolnai)

reference MEK 1978
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Irish Gaelic
lexeme glan
meaning 1 clean (adj.)
direction
meaning 2 totally, absolutely Rinne sí dearmad glan orthu
she did clean forgetting on them
reference Ó Dónaill 1977
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Japanese
lexeme kirei (奇麗)
meaning 1 clean 手をきれいに洗った。 Te o kirei ni aratta.
I washed my hands clean.
direction
meaning 2 fully, completely 昨日のことはきれいに忘れている Kinō no koto wa kirei ni wasurete iru
I've clean forgot what happened yesterday.
reference BCCWJ
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ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 чистый (čistyj)
lexeme 2 начисто (načisto)
meaning 1 clean, pure чистые руки
clean hands
direction
meaning 2 completely начисто отрицать
to deny smth outright
reference BAS
comment Cf. also подчистую (completely).
NEW Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme чист (čist)
meaning 1 clean (adj.)

чисто рубље, чиста коса, чиста соба


clean laundry, clean hair, clean room

direction
meaning 2 complete, absolute, pure

чиста лаж, чиста будалаштина, чиста злоба


pure lies, pure stupidity, pure malice

reference РСЈ: 1517
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ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Yakut
lexeme кылбаччы
meaning 1 cleanly кылбаччы сот-
to wipe off until it shines
direction
meaning 2 completely кылбаччы мэлдьэс
to deny strongly
reference
comment ЯРС 206. The Yakut word has been derived from the root "to shine" and possibly means "shinigly" than "cleanly".