to tell a person's fortune → to loaf, do nothing 1 realization Unique
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Erzya
lexeme нуднемс
meaning 1 to tell fortune (with a spindle, or a bean on a thred)
direction →
meaning 2 to be idle весе роботыть, а сон нудни
Everybody is working but he is idle
reference
comment The second meaning is marked as figurative

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