eye
→
evil eye
12 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Batsbi | |
| lexeme 1 | bꞷarḳ | |
| lexeme 2 | bꞷarḳ bar | |
| meaning 1 | eye | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to bring misfortune, to take one’s eyes | |
| reference | Mikeladze, Gigashvili 2012: 143, | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Ingush | |
| lexeme 1 | бIарг | |
| lexeme 2 | бIаргхилар | |
| meaning 1 | eye | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | evil eye | |
| reference | Bekova et al. 2009 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Irish Gaelic | |
| lexeme 1 | súil | |
| lexeme 2 | drochshúil | |
| meaning 1 | eye | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | evil eye | |
| reference | Ó Dónaill 1977 | |
| comment | droch- 'bad' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kurux | |
| lexeme | khann | |
| meaning 1 | eye | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | evil eye | |
| reference | Oraon-English Dictionary: 407 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Malay | |
| lexeme | mata | |
| meaning 1 | eye | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | evil eye | |
| reference | ACD | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme 1 | ochi | |
| lexeme 2 | deochi | |
| meaning 1 | eye | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | hex, jinx | să nu-I fi de deochi I am afraid to jinx it! |
| reference | DEX98 | |
| comment | The verb deochea 'to jinx'. Also the dialectal deochetură 'jinx' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | glaz | |
| meaning 1 | eye | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | evil eye (colloq., obs.) | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme 1 | ojo | |
| lexeme 2 | aojo | |
| meaning 1 | eye | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | hex, jinx | |
| reference | ||
| comment | also mal de ojo, aojamiento, the verbs hacer mal de ojo, aojar. Narumov 1995, 77 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme 1 | ʕayni | |
| lexeme 2 | ʕayyänä | |
| meaning 1 | eye | ̣ʔaʕyəntäy däm säribu 'My eyes are bloodshot' |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to cast the evil eye | ʔətu särayi säbʔay nə-käbtäy ʕayinuläy kʷəllatän moytännanni 'After that wizard praised my grazing stock, they all died on me' |
| reference | ||
| comment | KT 1913 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | nazar | |
| meaning 1 | look, gaze | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | evil eye | nazar boncuğu, амулет nazarı değmek, nazara gelmek an amulet against a bad eye, hoodoo |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 672 | |
| comment | Original meaning is not the same, but the idea behind the semantic shift is the same. | |
| NEW Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | göz | |
| meaning 1 | eye | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | evil eye | çocuğa göz değdi the child was affected by an evil eye. |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 353 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Yaqui (Hiaki) | |
| lexeme 1 | puusim (puh-) | |
| lexeme 2 | puhtua | |
| meaning 1 | eye | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to give someone the evil eye | Aapo a puhtuak S/he gave her/him the evil eye |
| reference | Dictionary Yaqui: 127-128 | |
| comment | ||