blue
→
drunk
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Dutch | |
| lexeme | blauw | |
| meaning 1 | blue | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (slang) drunk | |
| reference | Mironov 1987: 117 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | blau | |
| meaning 1 | blue | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (colloquially) drunk | |
| reference | Duden | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | синий (sinij) | |
| meaning 1 | blue | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | drunk (slang expression) | Вы уже когда в студию зашли, уже тогда синие были (1983) When you went into the studio, even then you were blue (drunk) |
| reference | Mokienko, Nikitina 2000: 537 | |
| comment | Also синька 'vodka', 'alcohol intoxication', синь 'drunken feast; drinking alcohol', синюга, синюшка, синюха, синяк 'drunkard', синячить, синять 'to drink alcohol', синенький 'denatured alcohol' Mokienko, Nikitina 2000, 537-538 | |