left (vs. right)
→
bad
3 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 937 | left (vs. right) | → | false, wrong | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 817) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | gra | |
| meaning 1 | left (direction) | wädä gra alä to go to the left, to be on the left |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | unfavorable, unlucky (affair, matter); difficult; improper, not customary | gra honä to be or become bad (food) (lit. to become left) |
| reference | AED: 1924 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 (ID: 52281) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | bal | |
| meaning 1 | left (vs. right) | bal fül, bal kéz, bal oldal, bal part left ear, left hand, left side, left bank |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | unfortunate, unfavorable, wrong, incorrect | 1. Sorsa balra fordult. 2. Bal magyarázatot ne tegyünk. (Vörösmarty Mihály) 1. His/her fate took an unfortunate turn. 2. Let's not make any false (=incorrect) explanations. (Mihály Vörösmarty) |
| reference | MEK 1978 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 47464) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | stâng | |
| meaning 1 | left | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (obsolete) bad | |
| reference | MDA2 | |
| comment | ||